Agreed.
Debates of June 2nd, 2015
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Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Health and Social Services, operations expenditure summary, administrative and support services, not previously authorized, $36,000.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
June 1st, 2015
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. I wanted to ask a question here about the transfer from the Department of Education, Culture and Employment of the Child and Family Resource Program to the Health and Social Services Healthy Family Program. It’s not clear here why the transfer either is necessary or why it’s happening, if I could get an explanation, please. Thank you.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Kalgutkar
Thank you, Madam Chair. The $150,000 was originally part of ECE’s $1.25 million approved for Early Childhood Development work. The Child and Family Resource Program, which is a component of that initiative, the departments were working together and determined that that funding would be better spent and better leveraged under the Department of Health and Social Services Healthy Family Program initiative and that’s why the transfer is taking place. Thank you.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake
Thanks, Madam Chair, and thanks to Mr. Kalgutkar. It doesn’t explain to me, though, why this program is being moved. Does it mean that there is no longer a Child and Family Resource Program? I need to understand if it’s only partially being moved, if the program still exists within ECE, or if the whole program now is defunct and it’s become part of the Healthy Family Program. If that’s the case, have the goals of the Healthy Family Program changed with the addition of the Child and Family Resource Program? Thank you.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Glen Abernethy Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. This is about the departments working together for the common good, trying to improve services for youth. This isn’t an elimination of the entire program in Education, Culture and Employment but it is a recognition that by working together we’re able to support a Healthy Family Program in the Beaufort-Delta, in Tuk in particular, and this is our way of working together to float some money. We’re also partnering with the community and with the Inuvialuit to make this happen. This isn’t an elimination in any way of the education program. This is us working together to provide a Healthy Family Program with partners in the Beaufort-Delta, Tuk in particular.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Wendy Bisaro Frame Lake
Thanks to Minister Abernethy. I’m still not totally clear. So, am I correct in saying that the Child and Family Resource Program has been reduced in the amount of funding they will get and that the Healthy Family Program has been increased in the amount of money they get, that the criteria for both programs will remain the same? Thank you.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Glen Abernethy Great Slave
The program within Education, Culture and Employment continues to exist. There were some similarities in the program and in working with the Inuvialuit in Tuk, there was a recognition that by all of us pooling together and working together with the Inuvialuit, we can provide the different components of the program in Tuk. So, it’s a tailored approach to meet specific community needs, but it doesn’t mean that the education program doesn’t exist and isn’t being provided elsewhere. It also doesn’t mean that the healthy family programs being supported by Health and Social Services are changing elsewhere. However, if we’re approached by communities and they have some creative solutions on how we can work together to get maximum benefit for our dollars and incorporate involvement from different communities, we’re certainly open to that opportunity, as we were in this case.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Thank you, Minister Abernethy. I’m going to call that item again now. Health and Social Services, operations
expenditures, community health programs, not previously authorized, $215,000.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
The Chair Jane Groenewegen
Agreed. Thank you. Community social programs, not previously authorized, $31,000.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Committee Motion 119-17(5): Delete $516,000 From Directorate Activity, Department Of Executive, Defeated
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Some Hon. Members
Agreed.