57 was recognized as information item. Page 58, questions? Ms. Green?

Yes, Mr. Chair. I am a little confused because on page 57, I thought we were going to authorize the spending on this page, and then 58 and 59 explains some of the detail there. Do I have that right?

For the Member's information here, the number $171,409,000 on page 57 has been approved on 56, which is outlined on your expenditure category, second item down. If that is approved, the information detail on 57, 58, and 59 supports the previous adopted. Go ahead, Mr. Vanthuyne.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the additional insight, but then I guess what we need to discuss is maybe a point of process, that being that I think that Members are going to naturally when we get to this point in the budgets, when we get into these divisional breakdowns, that Members like we just did spend the last hour talking about page 57, that we want to maybe not be so quick to approve the summary page before talking about the actual breakdowns.

If we can be cognizant of that moving forward, then it allows us the opportunity just in case there might be a recommended change of some kind. You never know. It would be wise of us to maybe not prove the summaries prior to talking about the pages that have more detail in the grants and contributions and transfers. That would be a recommendation, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Okay, Members. It is recommended by Mr. Vanthuyne on moving forward that we will adopt that recommendation. Recognizing Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. You have addressed my questions. Thank you.

Mr. Beaulieu.

No. I agree that we had already approved all of this, so we are moving forward.

Questions on 57, 58, and 59? Page 60? Education, Culture and Employment, education and culture, active positions, information item. Any questions? Mr. O'Reilly.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. There is a fairly substantial difference here. There will be six less employees in this part of ECE. Can the Minister and his staff explain those six positions and whether there are people currently in them? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. O'Reilly. Mr. Minister.

Yes, there are four positions. The admin secretary, research assistant, the archivist, and then the library clerk. They were all reductions. Positions were also filled.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. O'Reilly.

Mr. Chair, you probably never want to have me as your Finance Minister because I can't even add and subtract anymore, but those four positions, have any of those people found other employment within the GNWT at this point? Do we know that level of detail? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. O'Reilly. Mr. Minister.

I know with the reductions throughout the Department, we did have plans for some of our employees. Some also sunsetted. Other positions were vacant. On these particular four, I don't have the update on whether or not they got into another department or into a job, but I will ask maybe my deputy minister for an update on if they were able to get employment for these four.

Recognizing Deputy Minister Stewart.

Thank you, Mr. Stewart. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do appreciate the level of detail that's been provided, and I do understand that we're going to get regular updates in terms of what happens with the employees as time goes along, so I do appreciate the efforts of the other side to track that important information for us and to give it back to us. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. Mr. Minister.

Yes, and our department will provide that information as well.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. O'Reilly.

Thank you.