Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, the current position is vacant, but we're about to enter into a staffing action and we expect it will be filled this fiscal. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Debates of June 24th, 2016
This is page numbers 837-874 of the Hansard for the 18th Assembly, 2nd 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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Heffernan
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Heffernan
Nothing further, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair Frederick Blake Jr.
Thank you. Committee, any further questions to page 159? Are we agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Frederick Blake Jr.
Thank you. That brings us to page 157, Office of the Chief Information Officer, operations expenditure summary, activity total $2,413,000. Are we agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Frederick Blake Jr.
Thank you. That brings us to page 161, Office of the Comptroller General, operations expenditure summary, activity total, $65,982,000. We'll defer this and move on to page 162, grants, contributions and transfers. Any questions? Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Frederick Blake Jr.
Thank you. That brings us to page 163, active positions, information item. Any questions? Agreed?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Frederick Blake Jr.
Okay, thank you. That brings us back to page 161, Office of the Comptroller General, operations expenditure summary, activity total, $65,982,000. Mr. Thompson.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair. This page here has medical travel, and we talked about some of the challenges we faced through medical travel with Health and Social Services. Can the Minister commit to looking at how we can ensure that, when people are on duty travel and appointments are there, they don't have to come back, so that we can try to save some money and that? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Robert C. McLeod Inuvik Twin Lakes
Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll commit to the Member that we will look at that, because I take his point that, if they're in a location and they have to fly home and come back, then there's an extra expense to the government. So I will commit to looking into that and see if there are any opportunities for us to make some changes to that. Thank you.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank the Minister for that. I'm quite happy. It's a potential for saving money, so at the end of the day, it would be greatly appreciated. So, thank you. No further questions for me on this page.
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The Chair Frederick Blake Jr.
Thank you, Mr. Thompson. I'll take that as a comment. Next we have Mr. McNeely.
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Daniel McNeely Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Looking at the financial shared services and then the third sub-entry here, other program costs, can the Minister just elaborate a little bit what that expense is in a little bit more detail? I notice $1 million reduction in there as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kalgutkar
Thank you, Mr. Chair. That other program cost under financial and employee shared services is due to the fact that we are undertaking some amalgamations in that area. We are hoping to get some cost savings. There will be some reductions, hopefully, implemented in that section. Thank you.
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Daniel McNeely Sahtu
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Then my other question is further up on the Deh Cho Bridge. If I remember the numbers of yesterday, it seemed like the total revenue is a little bit lower than the interest here. Are we making any money? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kalgutkar
Thank you, Mr. Chair. With the Member's permission, can you repeat the question? I didn't quite get it. Thank you.