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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Roland.

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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, we know that there is a lot of information out there. It is a matter of pooling it all together so that we can use it and how we would prepare or respond in future years as we look at what parts of the framework we would be able to fund. There is information out there that we can use. As highlighted earlier, there is a lot of information out there, but we need to pull it together as well as do some in-depth interviews with individuals as well. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Pokiak.

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Calvin Pokiak

Calvin Pokiak Nunakput

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thanks for that information, Mr. Minister. Again, I feel very confident that putting $195,000 for the front-line workers so that they can do education and all that prevention of all these things, I think that would be utilized a lot better than doing a survey and a conference. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. I guess that was more of a comment than a question. The Department of the Executive, operations expenditures, executive offices, not previously authorized, $199,000. Mr. McLeod.

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Robert C. McLeod

Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes

Thank you, Madam Chair. For $75,000 they are proposing a family violence survey. I disagree with that. If you want to get a survey of all the family violence that goes on, talk to the people at the front line. I think they will give you a much better survey. Who initiated this request for a survey? Was it the people that provide the services or is it another government initiative? The government seems to like to do surveys and studies. The people on the front line, I am sure, can use this $195,000 to enhance the programs and delivery of programs they already have. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Roland.

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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, this all comes out of the work that was done back in 2004 when the government released its response to the Coalition Against Family Violence, NWT Action Plan on Family Violence. Our response to that is what we are starting to look at. So it is the government's review of that work and coming forward with some recommendations as a result of that initial work. That is where it is stemming from. The Premier, as well, has more information on that, Madam Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Handley.

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Joe Handley

Joe Handley Weledeh

Thank you, Madam Chair. A lot of the recommendations come from the coalition itself. The government is one member on that coalition. There are the groups I mentioned before. What they are trying to do is get a balance between the support for salaries and so on for our front-line workers and training of workers. Just to put more money into workers and not giving the training that is necessary may not be the best arrangement either. So it has to be a balance. The idea of collecting the baseline data came largely from the coalition. They want to know whether or not what they are doing is changing and having an impact on attitudes toward violence, for example, and a number of other areas where what kind of public education programs or campaigns would be most effective. A lot of it comes from the coalition itself. We respect what they are saying. We know that they are experienced people. They are the ones who can give us advice. A lot of it is their advice to us. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. McLeod.

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Robert C. McLeod

Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to close with the fact that none of us on this side of House is questioning the importance of all the work that these folks out there do. None of us would ever do that. In my particular case, I try to make sure as much funds as possible reach the people on the front line because they are the ones that are providing the service. I have had the opportunity to deal with a few of them. I know some of the stresses that they are under. A lot of it is financially related. So that is the point in my asking the questions on these particular issues, Madam Chair, because I just want to make sure that we don't get too top heavy again in administration and not enough flowing down to the people who actually provide the service. Thank you. It was just a comment.

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The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. That was just a comment. There was no question there. Executive, operations expenditures, executive offices, not previously authorized, $199,000.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Regional operations, not previously authorized, $16,000.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Total executive offices, not previously authorized, $215,000.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you. Executive continued, operations expenditures, Financial Management Board Secretariat, directorate, not previously authorized, $2.623 million.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Government accounting, not previously authorized, $19,000. Mr. Braden.

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Bill Braden

Bill Braden Great Slave

Madam Chair, one of the items under the directorate, $798,000 is to provide contribution funding associated with the transfer of public housing rental subsidy funding for seniors' assisted living and seniors' caretaker housing units from ECE to the NWT Housing Corporation. Madam Chair, we just went through quite a turnaround here over the last couple of years of moving operation money from the Housing Corporation to ECE; now we are moving some back. I would appreciate an explanation, for the record, of what this $800,000

contribution funding is going to do that otherwise can't be done or can't be done as well, Madam Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.

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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the initial work in transferring the program from the Housing Corporation over to the Department of Education, Culture and Employment looked at all of the different subsidies that were out there in the housing area and put within the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. After further review of the program, it was felt that a couple of areas would be better situated back within the Housing Corporation that fit with the existing program that they deliver in the area of assisted living for seniors. So you see this pile of the money going back. What was originally part of the original large transfer from the Housing Corporation to Education, Culture and Employment, this piece is going back to the Housing Corporation because of the further review of the subsidy areas. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Braden.