Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Roland.
Debates of Feb. 21st, 2002
This is page numbers 49 - 88 of the Hansard for the 14th Assembly, 5th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was health.
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Further Return To Question 33-14(5): Traditional Healing Practices In The Correctional System
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Supplementary To Question 33-14(5): Traditional Healing Practices In The Correctional System
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister inform us then that a choice will be available to those that are in the facilities and it is open to them, and it will not look badly on them if they do not pick one over another in those instances? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 33-14(5): Traditional Healing Practices In The Correctional System
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mr. Roland. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Justice, Mr. Allen.
Further Return To Question 33-14(5): Traditional Healing Practices In The Correctional System
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can assure the Member very succinctly that no individual member who is incarcerated will be obliged to practice outside of what they believe in. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 33-14(5): Traditional Healing Practices In The Correctional System
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River North, Mr. Delorey.
Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Paul Delorey Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I stated in my Member's statement, it is imperative that this government continue to look at regional capacity building and to continue to communicate with our federal counterparts to ensure that they are aware of our strategy to build at a regional capacity level. Could the Deputy Premier tell this House if this government has a policy or a strategy that guides this government in regional capacity building? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Return To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the Government of the Northwest Territories we are very aware of the different regions in the Northwest Territories and the debate and discussions that go on in the Intergovernmental Forum and other forums of this nature that talk about capacity building in the communities and in the regions. We are fully aware that there is a need by this government to put more focus and emphasis into the regions. The message is that we have to look at the regions and consolidate the development of the different regions. There is a focus on it by this government. It is not necessarily a policy, but is a direction that this government is going in at the present time. There is an emphasis that we need to put more resources into the regions and try to get the regions to be stronger and more cohesive. Yes, we are working in that direction. Thank you.
Return To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Supplementary To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Paul Delorey Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if there is no policy or strategy in place, could the Deputy Premier commit to ensuring that the federal Ministers are aware of our government's emphasis that we put on regional capacity building when it comes to transferring federal jobs to the Territories? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Further Return To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as the Government of the Northwest Territories, we have been communicating with our federal counterparts, mainly the Minister of Indian and Northern Affairs, who have been talking about putting positions up in the North.
There is the possibility of other departments, such as Fisheries and Oceans and Environment Canada, who may also be putting more resources into the North. The decision has not been made there yet. In the last federal budget announcement, it does not look like there was anything in there to indicate that there are going to be more resources going into the North.
In our discussions through our officials, we express our position and our concern that if you do put positions in the North, that you have to be open to discuss not only locating these positions in one central area but look at distributing some of these positions to where it is most applicable. For example, if there is oil and gas activity, then we should be focusing on putting the positions that are going to be dealing with oil and gas into the most applicable areas.
This is the kind of discussion we have been having, and there is nothing concrete yet. There is a desire to put positions up here but we do not know where they are going to go. I think the feds would like to put them in one local central location, but I think we have to do some work here to try to encourage them to consider putting these positions in the regions and into communities other than Yellowknife. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Supplementary To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Paul Delorey Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am encouraged by the Deputy Premier's commitment that the federal government is being made aware that we want to move some jobs around in the Territories. Should the federal government not heed the request that our government is making, would the Deputy Premier consider transferring an equivalent number of GNWT positions out of Yellowknife to the communities to compensate for the projected influx of new federal positions, thereby meeting the GNWT's goal of increasing regional capacity? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Further Return To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is a very complex and difficult question. It is not for me to make a commitment at this point in time alone. It is going to have to be a Cabinet decision, perhaps in discussion with the MLAs as well. It is not for me to make that kind of commitment here. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Supplementary To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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Paul Delorey Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I guess I was asking if the Deputy Premier and Cabinet would consider making that request, but could the Deputy Premier please state then that he will continue to push this with the counterparts? I would like to ask the Deputy Premier where would this decision be made? Is it made in this Cabinet and this government, or is it made at an Intergovernmental Forum stage? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 34-14(5): Placement Of Federal Oil And Gas Positions
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mr. Delorey, two questions there. The honourable Deputy Premier, Mr. Antoine.
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if the honourable Member is referring to the possibilities of the federal positions coming to the North, then it is really up to the federal Minister to say which positions are going to the North and ultimately where these positions are going to go. If that is the case, then our job here is to try to influence that decision any way we can, and that is what we are going to do. Thank you.
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mr. Deputy Premier. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, Mr. Krutko.
Question 35-14(5): Clawback Of Impact Benefit Agreement Payments
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Minister responsible for Education, Culture and Employment, regarding the question about income support and clawbacks of IBAs and other earnings people may have.
Mr. Speaker, in my statement, I made reference to different sections of the act and the regulations. I raised questions yesterday about this matter, in which there is a legal opinion that has been developed through the Minister's office and has been shared with Cabinet.
Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister, will he consider making amendments to the act under section 20(5) of the regulations to allow for a section to include the IBAs received by other aboriginal First Nations?
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The Speaker Tony Whitford
Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have to provide a bit of background information here to the income support programs. They are designed to be an income replacement program. They are not a guaranteed lifestyle type of program, Mr. Speaker. The system is based on a productive choice made by the client and is a support system, of course, of last resort.
Now, doing that, Mr. Speaker, there have been certain areas that have been put into place to say that these are the incomes that would be considered earned and unearned. The impact benefit agreements are considered as unearned income. Thank you.
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