Thank you, Mr. Chair. It sure looks like a typographic error on page 9-20 under the NWTTA professional improvements we have listed in the 2006-07 main estimates is $1.112 million but on page 9-18, it is actually $1.232 million. Could I get some clarification that it is just a typo? Thank you.
Debates of Feb. 14th, 2006
This is page numbers 997 - 1040 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 going.
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Mr. Chair, the Member is correct; there is an error on page 9-20. The NWT professional improvement fund should read $1,232,000. The offsetting change should be the education authority budget should be $120,000 less, so it would read $120.038 million and the totals in contribution pages would remain the same. Thank you.
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Robert Villeneuve Tu Nedhe
Mahsi, Mr. Chair. I just have a quick question to the Minister with respect to the official languages, both aboriginal and French. Is there any foreseeable funding arrangement with the federal government to keep these two programs alive in the near future? Thank you.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, we are confident that we will be able to continue on with these amounts in this; similar amounts to what you have seen in the current year.
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Robert Villeneuve Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are talking $2.14 million. That is quite a significant amount of money in grants and contributions. Has there been any constructive dialogue with respect to any funding arrangements that the Minister is confident that we will receive the funding from the new Conservative government? Thank you.
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. All of the indications that we have had from Canadian Heritage are that they are prepared to continue to negotiate. So we are continuing to expect that we will see something in the range of the same amount, but with about $1.9 million of it being for aboriginal languages.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Minister Dent. Alright, committee. We are on 9-20 and 9-21. Are there any questions on education and culture, grants and contributions, activity summary? Mr. McLeod.
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Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a quick question to Minister Dent. The education authority contributions, it says it is based on a formula. I am assuming this includes the teachers' salaries and all that. I'm hoping the formula is different for the education authorities across the NWT like in a place like Beaufort-Delta with eight communities over a vast area. That is all taken into consideration? Thank you.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Minister Dent. Thank you, committee. We are now still on 9-20 and 9-21, education and culture, grants and contributions. Are there any questions? Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you. Page 9-22, education and culture, grants and contributions, continued, infrastructure contributions, $129.994 million and a grand total of $130.046 million. Mr. Braden.
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Perhaps under this page I could ask a question about a long-standing infrastructure issue with Sir John Franklin School and that is the eventual demolition of Akaitcho Hall. This has been something that has been talked about for at least a couple or three budget cycles now. Is this the place where it should appear? What is the status of that request, Mr. Chair?
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Charles Dent Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Because it is a GNWT asset, it is not shown as a contribution here. It is in our funding under this activity, but the money is there to have the building demolished this year or this coming year.
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Robert Villeneuve Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just a quick question. I see Mildred Hall has some major facility improvements in the tune of about $1 million to complete their main upgrades, and Ecole St. Joseph renovation, major facility improvements of $10,000. Can the Minister just tell me what major facility improvements are going to extend the life in $10,000?