This is page numbers 231 - 258 of the Hansard for the 15th Assembly, 4th 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 energy.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Supplementary, Mr. Pokiak.

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Calvin Pokiak

Calvin Pokiak Nunakput

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just a quick follow-up in that regard. With all of the repairs being conducted at Samuel Hearne right now, will that answer some of the promise for the next few years down the road

for Samuel Hearne, or is the plan still to look forward to building a new high school in Inuvik? Thank you.

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The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Roland.

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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the work that is ongoing now at the facility will give it a further increased lifespan. As was laid out previously, we had a five-year agreement in place that would require inspection of the foundation on an annual basis. With this work going ahead and replacing many of the pilings themselves, we should be able to get a clean bill of health for hopefully a minimum of five years as the plans are going ahead for replacement of that facility.

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The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Hawkins.

Question 109-15(4): Linking Energy Management Targets To Deputy Minister Performance
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Robert Hawkins

Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'll refer to my concerns I raised yesterday and even a year ago in this House. It's about this government and its management in achieving the energy targets that I've spoken about so passionately. With respect to the DMs and their overall performance and management of their departments in this new energy crisis that grips us all, will the Premier look at developing and attaching targets and criteria that will link the management bonuses that each department receives to how they deal with this energy crisis? Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and my question is to the Premier of this House.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Premier, Mr. Handley.

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Joe Handley

Joe Handley Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to thank the Member for the question. I was beginning to feel like the Maytag repairman.

---Laughter

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An Hon. Member

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Joe Handley

Joe Handley Weledeh

Mr. Speaker, our deputy ministers' performances are measured each year. It's measured against the objectives that the government sets. I enter into a management letter with them. Energy conservation is certainly one of our goals as a government and, yes, deputy ministers' performances will be based on that as one of the goals they'll be measured against. Thank you.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

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Robert Hawkins

Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Would the Premier, also known as the Maytag repairman, be willing to make these requirements and management criteria available to all Members of this House? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Premier.

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Joe Handley

Joe Handley Weledeh

Mr. Speaker, no, I don't want to make those available or those public. Those are between the deputy ministers, the Ministers and myself. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

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Robert Hawkins

Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well I can appreciate the importance and the sensitivity of individual contracts, but the general broad brush scope of what a DM's criteria of why they get their bonuses should be part of the management of this overall House. So, Mr. Speaker, I ask once again, would the Premier be willing to show us the type of targets and defining guidelines he's going to have, to ensure that we have strong management and feel comfort with the crisis that we're in, that we're being led by good leaders in each department? Would he make those available to Members? Thank you.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Premier.

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Joe Handley

Joe Handley Weledeh

Mr. Speaker, when we set out as the 15th Legislative Assembly, we set a number of strategic goals. The deputy ministers and Ministers, and all of us in fact, are measured against those goals that we set. We all know what they are. In terms of the specific goals, the specific criteria with each deputy minister, a lot of that is personal, and I think it's something that we have to keep between the deputy ministers, Ministers and ourselves. We all have the broad goals in our strategic plan. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Final supplementary, Mr. Hawkins.

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Robert Hawkins

Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can appreciate the goals are important factors to judge against, but unfortunately those goals were measured two years ago when oil was at 30-some dollars a barrel. It was $64 a barrel yesterday. So recognizing times have changed and contracts need to be adjusted to reflect those things, it's important. I take this as a serious enough issue that we should be involved in what are some of the criteria that these DMs are being judged against so they get their bonuses, because I'd like to see this government reward good behaviour and not reward less good behaviour. So I would like to know what some of the requirements are. I think everyone would feel good. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Handley.

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Joe Handley

Joe Handley Weledeh

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can assure the Members that all of the deputy ministers will be measured on a number of goals that we set. They are different in different cases, but I can assure Members that all of them will be measured on what they do in helping us to achieve our targets on energy conservation measures. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Item 7, oral questions. The honourable Member for Kam Lake, Mr. Ramsay.

Question 110-15(4): Retiring Employees Policy
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David Ramsay

David Ramsay Kam Lake

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'll pick up where my questions left off. The questions again are for the Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board. I didn't hear an exact answer when I asked the question about whether or not FMBS had a policy regarding retiring employees. If they do have a policy, can I please see it? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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The Speaker

The Speaker Paul Delorey

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Two questions there. The honourable Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board, Mr. Roland.