Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to make note that out of the 300 apprentices registered in the North each year, I don't believe very many of them work for the government and I think our government should take the initiative and make spaces and time available to continue to train apprentices. Will the Minister commit to that, Mr. Speaker?
Debates of Oct. 18th, 2006
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Supplementary To Question 121-15(5): Apprenticeship Programs Under The Department Of Public Works And Services
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I stated earlier, we have, jointly through a number of departments, looked at the Apprenticeship Program and the training side to try to step up to the plate in that area and we are continuing the work on that initiative to try to see if we can bring something forward. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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The Speaker Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mr. Roland. Time for oral questions has expired. The honourable Member for Range Lake, Ms. Lee.
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Sandy Lee Range Lake
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, may I seek unanimous consent to go back to item 6, oral questions?
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The Speaker Paul Delorey
The Member is seeking unanimous consent to return to item 6, oral questions. Are there any nays? There are no nays. We will return to item 6, oral questions. However, the Chair is going to call a short break before we go into oral questions.
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Further Return To Question 121-15(5): Apprenticeship Programs Under The Department Of Public Works And Services
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The Speaker Paul Delorey
Before we go back to orders of the day and question period, I would just like to once again remind Members your rules around question period and the answers to oral questions. In the hour that we spent in oral questions previous to right now, we had nine Members who were allowed to ask questions and we had to extend the time to get the answers to those nine questions. I would ask Members to keep your preambles a bit shorter and the answers as well.
Oral questions. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Braden.
Question 122-15(5): Impact Of Federal Budget Reductions On Northern Programs And Services
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question at this time is for Mr. Handley as the Minister responsible for the Executive and it relates to the broad swath of cuts to numerous programs that the federal government announced late last month. The question I would like to ask, Mr. Speaker, is, from a government-wide perspective, what is the overall impact on our territory of the federal cuts on programs and services here in the NWT, Mr. Speaker?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Mr. Speaker, I don't have an exact number. We have done an analysis across our departments and it is well in excess of $1 million. Mr. Speaker, I might be able to, in a minute, give you a detailed breakdown by department. The biggest one, of course, is with literacy as the one that affects us most, and the Status of Women who would be the other group who would also face a fairly big...and volunteerism. Mr. Speaker, off the top of my head, I don't have the exact amount. Thank you.
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The quantitative assessment of how much and where is something I would pursue a bit later on, in fact in a written question. I guess I am seeking more an assessment of the qualitative impact on us. Is this something that through the Executive office, through other government ministries, what is the depth of hurt, of impact, of deterioration in our communities and in our programs because of these cuts, Mr. Speaker?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, our Financial Management Board Secretariat has done that kind of analysis department by department. As I said earlier, the biggest cut certainly for any department or program is with the literacy programs. That is a major concern to us.
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Mr. Speaker, what steps has the government taken to tell Ottawa how angry we are with their actions?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Mr. Speaker, Mr. Dent has written a letter to the Minister responsible for literacy programs. That has gone out. Mr. Dent is planning to attend a meeting next week on Tuesday with the same Minister on this issue. A letter is being drafted from myself to the Prime Minister on this issue as well as other issues, and this is certainly being a core piece of that letter. That letter should be going out of here very shortly. Thank you.
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Mr. Speaker, I hope the Premier doesn't hold back the horses in expressing just how upset and angry, as I said earlier, we are, and by we I mean the collective community on the impact of these. Mr. Speaker, my final question is one of the steps as it relates to the tourism impact that I addressed earlier today and the requirement for new legislation to be passed forward in Ottawa. Will our government formally protest the passage of legislation regarding the GST and the Visitors' Rebate Program, Mr. Speaker?
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Joe Handley Weledeh
Mr. Speaker, certainly the tourist rebate issue is one that will be raised for sure. On the GST, I don't know if we have raised that one, but I will certainly take it under consideration. Thank you.
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The Speaker Paul Delorey
Thank you, Mr. Handley. Oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.
Question 123-15(5): Redistribution Of Ministerial Portfolio Assignments
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Premier in follow-up to somebody's questions here today about the distribution of work amongst the Premier and the seven Cabinet Ministers. I observe what is happening in the Cabinet and I don't sense that everybody is pulling the fair share of the weight, as the Premier indicated in an answer to an earlier question. He spoke to the even distribution of the work. I don't think it is evenly distributed. I think some Cabinet Ministers are doing more than their share of work. I could go down the line one by one and tell you who I think is doing a lot of work, and who is doing a lot of good work and who isn't. I could do that, too. Anyway, I won't go down the line today, but I will tell you when I look at the workload, the only two people that I see who do not have a full plate, from my opinion, would be the Premier himself with Executive and Aboriginal Affairs and Mr. Krutko with the Power Corporation and the Housing Corporation. I think that that is too light and I would ask the Premier if he would seriously take into consideration a redistribution of the workload to ensure that priorities in our government are given the utmost attention. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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