Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just have a question here with regards to document management, records management. If I read it rightly from the business plan information, there was a Government of the Northwest Territories-wide initiative which was put into place in 2010-2011 and I believe is carrying over into the 2011-2012 business year. I just wondered if I could get a bit of a statement from the Minister as to whether or not this initiative is working the way they had hoped it would work. Thank you.
Debates of Feb. 24th, 2011
This is page numbers 6143 - 6184 of the Hansard for the 16th Assembly, 5th 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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Paul Guy
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, the Member is correct. There was an initiative, it was funded through a strategic initiative for a government-wide document management system. That initiative was scaled back to a pilot program for a document management system. When that was done, Public Works and Services was identified as the department to begin the implementation and proceed with that pilot project and we are working on that right now. We expect to have the system in place and running this June. We have selected the system we are using and are in the process of procuring the equipment and undertaking the training for staff. Once that system is in place, it will become the base system that will be deployed government-wide through all departments. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Guy. I guess I would like to know if there is going to be any sort of an evaluation of the pilot project prior to sort of expanding throughout the rest of the Government of the Northwest Territories systems. Thank you.
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Paul Guy
Yes, that is part of the process. Part of the intent of piloting Public Works and Services is because we have some expertise in the area of records management already and we had begun to deploy records management system on our own, so the intent will be to take lessons learned through this pilot project and integrate them into the training and the overall plan when we deploy government-wide. Thank you.
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The Chair Glen Abernethy
We are on page 7-13, Public Works and Services, activity summary, directorate, operations expenditure summary, $7.612 million. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Glen Abernethy
Moving along to page 7-14, Public Works and Services, information item, directorate, active positions. Agreed? Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think, Mr. Chairman, in the area of active positions, maybe the department could give me a breakdown on the area of affirmative action candidates and also the number of female and disabled individuals who are in the department and what level they are at. Thank you.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We do have a document that lists all our employees. We could provide it verbally or we could provide it to the Member in written format.
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The Chair Glen Abernethy
Moving along to page 7-14, Public Works and Services, information item, directorate, active positions. Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just a couple of questions here about demolitions. In this current budget year, the school in Tulita and the Deh Cho Hall in Fort Simpson were supposed to be demolished. I just wondered if there were any difficulties with those demolitions. Are they done and complete? Thank you.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Both projects went well. We were very happy with the work that was done with communities and they are basically all complete.
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Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake
Right on. That is good to hear. With regards to the projects scheduled for this year, Fort Good Hope and Inuvik schools, are they still in the plans to be demolished in 2011-2012? Thank you.
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
We are considering Fort Good Hope school at the time and the Inuvik school will be down the road, once the new school facility is completed. Thank you.
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The Chair Glen Abernethy
We are on page 7-17, Public Works and Services, activity summary, asset management. Mr. Beaulieu.
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Tom Beaulieu Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I just have one quick question. Is deferred maintenance for 2011-12 a total of $8 million?