Agreed.
Debates of Feb. 8th, 2006
This is page numbers 843 - 884 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 communities.
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Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you. Page 4-25, activity summary, School of Community Government, operations expenditure summary, $2.058 million.
Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
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Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On this area, we are obviously seeing the flow through of...Let's see; this is the Northern Strategy funding, the $35 million coming under the jurisdiction of the School of Community Government. I am looking at the activity description here and I guess my understanding, Mr. Chairman, with the School of Community Government is it is our vehicle for training and assisting local government capacity building. How is it that this $35 million ended up being flowed through this area of activity in the department? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Mr. Braden. I will allow the question for the Minister, but it's a little bit premature. I think we will be dealing with that question on 4-27. If we could, committee, we will agree with 4-25,
that's the page we are on. Activity summary, School of Community Government, operations expenditure summary, $2.058 million. If we can agree with that, we can go on.
Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you. Now, Mr. Minister, Mr. Braden had a question that is more in line with 4-27. Thank you, Mr. Minister.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the money was placed in this division because the School of Community Government, this division is responsible for a number of things, one of them being capacity building. They do all the coordination for community development, so we decided this would be the appropriate division to administer these dollars as they flowed through.
Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
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Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Thank you. Okay. So the justification is that there is...Okay. I am going to have to ask for another take on the explanation. Why did this money end up being flowed through the School of Community Government? I didn't really hear an answer there.
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Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this money is titled community capacity building fund and this division, School of Community Government, is the area that delivers our programs for us, administers and is responsible for community development. They work with the communities. They develop the programs and they are responsible for capacity development. So this is the area we thought would be appropriate to flow this money through and administer this money on behalf of the Government of the Northwest Territories.
Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
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Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
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Bill Braden Great Slave
Okay. Fine. I guess I will accept that. The impression that I have had, Mr. Chairman, is that the School of Community Government, while it was an integral part of delivering programs, it really hasn't had the budget or the level of activity in the past for jumping from a history of expenditure around $1 million now to $37 million. There is a big loop in there and I was wondering how this particular unit of MACA got the job. I am sure it has been thought out and there is going to be the appropriate oversight and governance on what happens with the money through this unit. No more questions, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Mr. Braden. We are on page 4-27, activity summary, School of Community Government, grants and contributions, contributions, there is no total there, but we will agree to the page and move on.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Page 4-29, activity summary, information item, School of Community Government, active positions. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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February 7th, 2006
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you. Page 4-31, activity summary, lands administration, operations expenditure summary, $2.971 million. Questions?
Committee Motion 18-15(4) To Defer Consideration Of The Departmental Summary For The NWT Housing Corporation, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Committee Motion 19-15(4) Recommendation To The Municipal And Community Affairs Remedy Access To Land Issues, Carried
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Robert Hawkins Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a motion to read. Mr. Chairman, I move that this committee recommends that in order to allow territorial businesses to grow and to give residents access to affordable housing, Municipal and Community Affairs expedite resolution to the access to land issues and also encourage the federal government to fulfil their obligations with regard to land administration in the Northwest Territories;
And further, that this committee recommends that the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs broaden their mandate with regard to land administration and become the department responsible for all GNWT matters pertaining to land administration. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Committee Motion 19-15(4) Recommendation To The Municipal And Community Affairs Remedy Access To Land Issues, Carried
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. There is a motion on the floor. It's not debatable. Sorry; the motion is debatable. To the motion.
Committee Motion 19-15(4) Recommendation To The Municipal And Community Affairs Remedy Access To Land Issues, Carried
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Some Hon. Members
Question.