Thank you Mr. Minister. Mr. Nitah.
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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe
Thank you. He has committed something, but I do not know exactly what he has committed. We are doing a lot of work in the area of preparing people for employment, but it is like in your rush to put a dog team together, you have your sled, you have your harness, but you forgot the dogs.
I want to address something else that is on page 9-10:
"The branch will also participate in the interdepartmental review of seniors programs with the intent of improving services, streamline administration and bringing about greater program transparency and fairness and accountability."
I asked in the House some questions on the seniors' fuel subsidy programs. Those subsidy programs are based on the 1997 economy. The 2001 economy is a lot different from 1997. The Minister had indicated that he will consider reviewing the bar that was used to determine if a senior qualifies for the subsidies. When is the Minister planning on doing this? How is he planning on doing this? Thank you Mr. Chairman.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have to gather information on this to get the background to the circumstances under which this particular income level was established, the maximum amount. Mr. Chairman, I cannot get into saying that we will have this done next week. We need to have a bit of time here to appropriately look at it, to ensure we gather all the information and to put it into perspective in terms of how this was established and what the possibilities are from there. Thank you.
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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can the Minister provide a scope of work to the Members on how it is going to be done and when he decides to do it? Thank you Mr. Chairman.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As the details are worked out on this program, we can certainly keep the committees informed and the Members informed. Thank you.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to ask the Minister a question on the comments and description under the advanced education and careers. My comments are directed to the sentence here that refers to increase in emphasis on jobs in the non-renewable resource sector, more specifically, in the oil and gas industries.
We know that there are no new dollars dedicated to this. We see in the budget that there is only the half million dollars dedicated to training in oil and gas. I would like the Minister to explain how the department plans to increase the emphasis on jobs in that sector without new investment?
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One of the potential areas is in the area of college programs that are delivered. We meet annually. They have a four-year plan that, as a matter of fact, is before me now, and that is an area we discussed to see where the emphasis should be placed in terms of delivery of programs. So that is one example of an area that we can have some influence.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
So I take it from the Minister's comments that there will be college programs designed and developed, I would imagine, by next September? Is that when he is targeting?
If there is anything in the meantime, would he confirm that there is going to be programs by next September and also confirm whether he is looking at any short-term programs in the meantime, between now and September?
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Some programs are in existence now. The college works with industry and sources funding from industry as well. So there will no doubt be, for example, in Inuvik, an opportunity to combine with industry to deliver more programs in that area.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Mr. Chairman, I am not familiar with any college programs. I was not aware that there are any college programs designed and developed that are being offered right now. Could he tell me the names of these programs? Are they only being offered in Inuvik?
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have a range of programming. Perhaps Mr. Cleveland could expand upon that.
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Cleveland
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just to give a sense of the range of programs that are currently being utilized to support oil and gas activity, there certainly are the safety courses that are required by the industry. There are trades foundation courses to develop trade skills.
We have some specific programs. One called Bridging Employment Skills Training, which is focused on works skills development for individuals who are going to work in non-renewable resource training.
The college is also delivering camp cook and kitchen helper programs. There is also a computer in the workplace program, which is designed to build skills that can be used in the workplace.
There is also some programming that is indirectly linked to oil and gas. I would give some of the examples in this area. Such things as the introduction to the use of global positioning system equipment and navigation, some of the office skills and management skills requirements, first-aid, supervision, quite a range of different types of programming. Thank you.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I take it from Mr. Cleveland's comments that he does not offer any specific oil and gas initiatives through the college program.
I would like to ask the Minister -- just to deviate from that questioning, I do not think I am getting anywhere with that -- are there any programs in the works that are going to be community-based? Is there anything that we as representatives of the smaller communities can look forward to being developed and being put into communities for community-based training?
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