Thank you. Mr. Nitah.
Debates of March 13th, 2002
This is page numbers 597 - 648 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 chairman.
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Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, my knowledge is that the needs of Jean Marie River are no different from the needs of Lutselk'e. Lutselk'e's needs are no different from the needs of Yellowknife when it comes to adults who require upgrading. Why is it that we continue to use population base to determine policies and program delivery to Northerners right across the board? We as a government argue time and time again that we should not be penalized for our small population when it comes to financial transfer agreements so why are we doing it to our communities at this level? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you, Mr. Nitah. Minister Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will look at that and address that issue, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Nitah.
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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in terms of adult basic education I know one of the challenges for the department in the past has been providing suitable accommodations at the communities level. That is a challenge for all of us as leaders and as Northerners. There is a shortage of housing. I do not know why the census says our population is going down when the need for housing is going up.
What is the department's relationship with the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation so that housing is not an issue any further when it comes to hiring resource people in our communities? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Minister Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One of the things we are doing as part of the Early Childhood Development Plan is to do a survey to see what resources are available in communities. It is being done on the human resource side as well as the accommodation side to see what we do have available.
That is in the ECD side which will give us an indication for other programs as well of what the needs are in the communities and what is required. The issue we can extend further to teachers' accommodations and so forth. I have been working with the Minister of Housing on this whole issue. As a Cabinet we have been consistently addressing the whole issue of accommodations and capability in the communities. It has been addressed at the Minister's meetings with the chairs of the DECs and DEAs as well. It has come to the forefront for us, Mr. Chairman, to address. It is there in terms of how can we accommodate in communities programs that we are delivering for early childhood development, as an example.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Nitah.
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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe
I have no further questions.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. A question under oil and gas industry contributions, identified here, $450,000. I would like to know how this would be broken down, if it is by application or is it earmarked for different communities?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Minister Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe it is divided regionally. It is $150,000 for the three regions that have oil and gas activity in them, Sahtu, Deh Cho and the Beaufort-Delta. This is for labour force development. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Regionally, how would it break down from within the region then?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Minister Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will need a moment here to check that and see where we have that information. Perhaps I will ask Ms. Allen, who may have the information in her head. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Ms. Allen.
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Let's take the Inuvik region, for example. There is $150,000 there. What our regional superintendent would do is take it to the regional training committee. They would take the $150,000 and look at it in terms of the training they need in that region, and then they would distribute it that way. They would take into consideration some of the partners with the Gwich'in and also with the IRC as well. They would look at where best to put the money. As everybody knows, in this last year, they put a lot of it into the drill rig training.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. We are on advanced education and careers, grants and contributions. Mr. Dent.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, when the Standing Committee on Social Programs was reviewing the draft main estimates with the Minister, one of the areas we discussed with him was tracking student debt. We wanted to make sure we were staying on top of what students in the Northwest Territories were building up in terms of debt on graduation so we would have some way of making sure our program was meeting the requirements of northern students.
We thought one way that could be done was if the department were to incorporate this as part of their indicators in the report Towards Excellence. Therefore, Mr. Chairman, I would like to propose a motion. Mr. Chairman,
Committee Motion 16-14(5): Recommendation To Track Student Debt Load (carried)
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
I MOVE that this committee recommends that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment track student debt load as one of the indicators in Towards Excellence, A Report on Education in the Northwest Territories.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 16-14(5): Recommendation To Track Student Debt Load (carried)
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you, Mr. Dent. The motion is in order. There is no quorum. I will have to ring the bells.
-- Ringing of the bells
Committee Motion 16-14(5): Recommendation To Track Student Debt Load (carried)
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
We have a motion on the floor. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those against? The motion is carried. Page 9-13, advanced education and careers, grants and contributions, grants, contributions, $8,356,000.