Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is the Minister's answer that he is just going to keep the status quo and he's not going to do anything else or, maybe I didn't hear anything specific in his answer? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Debates of March 6th, 2003
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Supplementary To Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
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Supplementary To Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
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Further Return To Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
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Michael Miltenberger Thebacha
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the intention is to keep the intern arrangement in place for the next few months and look carefully at what is the most appropriate board structure. I've had advice offered to me that we shouldn't have a board, we should amalgamate Stanton and Yellowknife Health and Social Services Board and that we should have a board that is just strictly advisory that just sits off in the side and offers advice, a board of management. So, there are plenty of suggestions out there. We've heard in this House that the whole issue of boards, agencies and committees and governance and accountability is a critical issue where there should be a public debate. So, what we have is an interim arrangement that will allow us to deal with a lot of those questions and suggestions and make the best informed decision possible about which structure is most appropriate. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
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Supplementary To Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
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Sandy Lee Range Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The important point is that this is an interim board arrangement and the whole purpose of the discussion in the House today, is to get a public discussion going. But we also know that a public discussion of that sort of magnitude needs the help of a government to help prepare a discussion paper or something. God knows, health boards have been studied to death but I think I'm looking for a specific option for consideration to be put forward by the Minister. Would the Minister commit to do that in the not too distant future? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
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Further Return To Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
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Michael Miltenberger Thebacha
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will commit to ensure that Stanton continues to be run appropriately, that it has appropriate governance in place and that the benefit of the advice and direction from the regions and authorities is there. In due course, as this debate progresses, we will come up with a model of what should be put in place on a more permanent as a governing structure for Stanton. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
Question 174-14(6): Stanton Territorial Health And Social Services Authority
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Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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March 5th, 2003
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Paul Delorey Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we've heard a lot of talk today about different boards and agencies and how they perform and what tools we give them to perform with. I would like to ask the Deputy Premier if there are any guidelines in place that we use as a government as far as the number of people we have sitting on boards. Is there a set number? Do we know of a minimum number that we need on boards in order for a board to be effective or a maximum number? Are there any guidelines in place that control the number of people on a board? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
Item 7: Oral Questions
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Return To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there are quite a number of different boards that we have organized that have been in place, some through legislation, some through need, some joint with other jurisdictions. Every board, through policies and regulations, has identified how many board members there are going to be. In some cases, it's based on representation from each region and if it's in the region, there is representation by each community. They all have their own agreements on how many people will make up a quorum to make decisions. So there is a variety of different structures out there that, through their policies and guidelines, dictate how many members should be on each board or committee and how many will be needed to make up a quorum to make decisions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Return To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Supplementary To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Paul Delorey Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, if we didn't have so many boards and agencies out there making decisions and running them, I guess we wouldn't be here today talking about boards and agencies and how effective they are or what we can do for them. There are some boards and agencies out there that strongly influence decisions that this government makes or decisions that Ministers make. I would like to know when we are talking about an NWT whatever, under the NWT banner, and the Minister has to make decisions on behalf of whatever sector, how much of a cross-section or how many Members does the Minister feel is right to help him make a decision in what a board does. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Further Return To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as a government, through our legislation, each department has a number of different committees or boards. Some have more than others and they are all structured differently from each other. It is a tool that we use. People in the communities who sit on these boards are there because they want to contribute to whatever boards you are going to sit on and make the right decisions and recommend decisions to Ministers in some cases. So my view right now is there is a quorum that is identified by each committee to say this is the amount of people we need to make decisions. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Supplementary To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Paul Delorey Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have a lot of boards and agencies that represent different sectors of our society. Some of them are business-based, some of them are social services-based. When we are talking about a business sector in the NWT and we have a board making recommendations, decisions, asking the Minister to make decisions -- he has a lot of control over a certain sector -- what kind of a split would the Minister recognize as being a good representation? If it's representing a business sector, how many business people on that board should be making recommendations and if the government is heavily involved in making a decision on how those recommendations are carried out, then how many government people or private sector people, residents of the NWT, should make up that board, so that there is an even split on the recommendations coming forward? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Further Return To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
In the honourable Member's scenario, I am going to have to venture into an area where I am not sure whether I will be speculating, but just to answer the question, in a sector that is made up of a number of business people, and we depend on them to look at the situation and make recommendations, we depend on them. So I don't know whether the question is how many business people should be on there, how many government people should be on there. If it's a business sector, then I would say the majority of seats on the board should be for the business sector. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Further Return To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Supplementary To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Paul Delorey Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like the Minister to let me know or let this House know if there is a point in time when Members on boards have to declare a conflict when they are putting forward recommendations to the Minister and government for actions. Is there a point when board members have to withdraw themselves from the decision-making because of conflict? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Further Return To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Jim Antoine Nahendeh
Mr. Speaker, the policy of this government is, no matter whether you are serving on a board or whether you are in this House, if there is a conflict of interest defined by the conflict of interest commissioner, then you have to declare a conflict. That goes for the board members as well.
Further Return To Question 175-14(6): GNWT Guidelines For Board Membership
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Question 176-14(6): Reduction In Public Housing Rent For Seniors
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Honourable Jake Ootes, Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Just prior to oral questions, Minister Allen said 58 percent of all housing clients in Hay River will have a decrease in their rent. How many of the 58 percent are seniors? Thank you.