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Committee Motion 17-14(5): Recommendation To Offer Support To Local Day Care Operators (carried)
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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Page 9-26, information item, college funding allocation.

Committee Motion 17-14(5): Recommendation To Offer Support To Local Day Care Operators (carried)
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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

Committee Motion 17-14(5): Recommendation To Offer Support To Local Day Care Operators (carried)
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The Chair

The Chair Paul Delorey

Page 9-27, detail of work performed on behalf of others.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

Page 9-29, detail of work performed on behalf of others, total department, $9,516,000.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

Page 9-30, revenues, recoveries and transfer payments. Mr. Nitah.

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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In the area of culture, the responsibility of the department, I see the other recoveries of the museum store, brings to mind a need in communities. We do not have any museums and I do not think we will ever have museums because of the population base, but we should have cultural centres in each of our communities for historical purposes to teach our young children, and for tourism purposes, Mr. Chairman.

What is the department doing to ensure there are cultural centres or culturally relevant programs and services delivered at the community level? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Committee Motion 17-14(5): Recommendation To Offer Support To Local Day Care Operators (carried)
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The Chair Paul Delorey

Mr. Nitah, I will allow the Minister to comment on that but it is probably outside of this area. Mr. Ootes.

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Jake Ootes

Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I mentioned earlier our whole area of concentration on the arts policy. We want to do the same thing with the heritage policy, Mr. Chairman. We need to work with our federal counterparts in that whole area to see what we can develop in terms of possibilities for resources.

I think it is an important area, I do not disagree with Mr. Nitah. If we were able to start developing in communities the collections or whatever it may be, it could be a tourism attraction, et cetera. We are not there yet by any means. As I say, our whole arts and heritage area is where I am doing some work on, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Mr. Nitah.

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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think that it is very important and speaks to cultural awareness, languages, et cetera. They say if we do not know where we came from, we probably do not know where we are going to go. I would like to ask the Minister, is there any budget associated for that kind of work? Thank you.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Nitah. Mr. Ootes.

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Jake Ootes

Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We have various funding programs for arts and cultural programs. There is community museum funding, but there is other funding as well, cultural projects funding. We do not have large budgets in this whole area of the culture area, Mr. Chairman, and that is what I am saying. I want to work on this whole area. It needs some concentration. Thank you.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Page 9-7, department summary, Education, Culture and Employment, operations expense, total operations expense, $195,903,000.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

We will go to capital acquisitions. Education, Culture and Employment, cap-14, advanced education and careers, total advanced education and careers, $8,681,000. Mr. Roland.

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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to know what the Aurora College Northern United Place expenditures for $1 million is going to do. Thank you.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Ootes.

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Jake Ootes

Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre

Mr. Chairman, I will ask Mr. Devitt to handle that.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Ootes. Mr. Devitt.

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Devitt

Mr. Chairman, we still have to finalize the plans for the budget but we are looking at renovations to about three floors of the apartments we lease at Northern United Place. Thank you.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Devitt. Mr. Roland.

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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That is fine.

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The Chair Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Nitah.