Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Bell.
Debates of Feb. 22nd, 2005
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Thank you. The decrease is essentially the position ADM Mackenzie Valley planning projects is deleted. We've added a new position; ADM strategic initiatives. It is really a reprofiling of that position. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Sandy Lee Range Lake
Thank you. This might be something that everyone knows, especially in government committees, but I learned recently that we have not been able to open the MVPO office in Hay River at this time. Could I ask the Minister what the problems are? Thank you.
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. We're on schedule for April 1st. We expect that the tenant improvements in that office space will be completed in March. As I mentioned yesterday, we've staffed one of the communications positions and that person is being transferred to Hay River and will start working I believe out of the existing RWED space for the time being and then the MVPO space that's happening in February. So I believe we're on target to be ready for March. You've seen I think the job ads in the media and we're moving forward to staff those positions as effectively and quickly as we can. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Thank you, Mr. Bell. I have under active positions, page 11-8, Mr. Braden.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, to this page 11-8. Similar to a question that I asked of I think it was the Department of Health the other day, Madam Chair, this page defines active positions by region. We have headquarters, North Slave, Tlicho, Fort Smith, Deh Cho, Sahtu and the Beaufort-Delta regions. I would like to ask the Minister what communities or what geographic region does his department assign to the North Slave regions and the Tlicho regions? Thank you.
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Just for clarity in our administrative region of the North Slave, the Member is asking which communities that comprises and again for the administrative region of Tlicho which communities that region comprises?
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Yes, Madam Chair. To, I guess, give a bit more distinction here, the Department of Health or say the Yellowknife Health and Social Services Authority includes Yellowknife, Detah, Ndilo, Fort Resolution and Lutselk'e, that's what they call North Slave. Does this department cover those same communities? What I'm getting at is that from one department to another in our government, our regional boundaries change from one department to the other. I just want to make sure I understand where this department's motives are by region. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. In addition to the regional area captured, because we have issues outside of communities, the communities of the regions comprise North Slave, that's Yellowknife, Detah and Ndilo, and Tlicho is Rae Edzo, Gameti, Wha Ti and Wekweti. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Thank you. There are no further questions. We will go back to where we were. Page 11-13, corporate management, operations expenditure summary, $6.323 million.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Agreed, thank you. Page 11-16 and 11-17, information item, corporate management, active positions.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Agreed, thank you. Page 11-19, strategic initiatives, operations expenditure summary, $4.730 million. Mr. Menicoche.
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February 21st, 2005
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Kevin A. Menicoche Nahendeh
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. With respect to strategic initiatives, the Mackenzie Valley pipeline office, if I can again get the Minister to give me an update on the staffing because some of the things that concern me are that I got a phone call, someone applied for this actual Mackenzie Valley pipeline office and this person was aboriginal in the oil industry for something like seven or eight years, had a phone interview and then consequently wasn't even considered for one of these positions. I'm not too sure of the inner workings of what they were looking for, but my gut feeling tells me there, Madam Chair, that here we've got someone that has experience in this field and the Minister continues to tell us that he's having problems staffing this office. So why are his bureaucrats having problems staffing this office when there are skill sets that are out there and that are willing to do this job and why aren't they being considered seriously? Are they looking for somebody in particular or someone particular instead of a particular skill set? I'm wondering how the Minister's office is looking at staffing these jobs, Madam Chair. It concerns me and in fact it has been taking a long while to staff this pipeline office. Perhaps I can get the Minister to comment on that. Thank you.
Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Committee Motion 22-15(3): Recommendation To Develop A Reorganization Communications Strategy And Deh Cho Mvpo Position, Carried
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Brendan Bell Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. I hope the Member can appreciate that I'm not aware of the detail of staffing actions on an individual competition basis. I don't get involved in that level of detail, but I can assure the Member that I've told my deputy minister and my department that it is of utmost priority that we do what we can to as quickly as possible to staff these positions in the new MVPO. Keep in mind that we do absolutely need qualified people for the positions. Where there are northerners who are qualified, we will look to those people first and if we have to go outside the region, as we believe we probably will have to for some of the technical expertise required, then we'll do that, but only as a last resort. So if there's something that's been missed here, then I'll certainly follow that up with the department and if the Member outside of this forum wants to share the detail of this case with me, I'm more than happy to sit down with him and then refer that on to the deputy who can follow that up. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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