Ms. Wickens.
Debates of March 9th, 2021
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Wickens
Thank you, Madam Chair. One of the big increases for the Office of the Clerk, particularly with contract services, is interior renos. What we're going to be having is renovations as a result of an increase in staff, so that's approximately estimated at about $414,000 as well as the board of management has approved the work on the establishment of a monument for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and that's approximately $75,000.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. There is some money to kind of retrofit the current building to allow more office space. Can I get how many staff are we adding to the Office of the Clerk and what those positions are?
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Frederick Blake Jr.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll turn this over to Ms. Wickens.
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Wickens
Thank you, Madam Chair. We're actually only having an increase of one within the Office of the Clerk. However, as a result, we currently have 24 office spaces within the Office of the Clerk, and we require 30. The increase in office space is just to accommodate our current and new staff coming on.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. I see that there are a couple of positions in other areas. What is the one position being added to the Office of the Clerk? Thank you.
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Frederick Blake Jr.
I'll turn this over to Ms. Wickens.
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Wickens
Thank you, Madam Chair. The new position is an official languages and public outreach position.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Are there any further questions to the Office of the Clerk? Member for Great Slave.
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm just looking at page 15 at the capital area development fund, contribution I see that there was no contribution made in 2019-2020, but $50,000 for the last year or so. Just curious to know if Mr. Speaker or the Minister could speak to where this money was used and sort of maybe to the efficacy of it, how well it did? Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Frederick Blake Jr.
Sorry, I don't have an earpiece here. Could the Member repeat the question, please?
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
I'll just get you an earpiece, just wait. All right. Can you hear me? Can you repeat your question?
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Katrina Nokleby Great Slave
Sure. That will actually hopefully make me be able to make it clearer. I'm just curious to know a little bit more about the capital area development fund on page 15. I note that there was no money for it in 2019-2020. I think it sounds like a great idea from reading the description. If the Minister could just speak to how that money was used and how efficient it has been used in the capital. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Frederick Blake Jr.
Thank you, Madam Chair. We'll turn this over to Ms. Wickens. Thanks.
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Wickens
Thank you, Madam Chair. The committee was established in 2021, and that was to having each party -- so this was the committee which includes Members of the Legislative Assembly, the Yellowknife City Council, the RCMP, the Yellowknife Dene, and the Department of National Defence. Each party was contributing $50,000 to go towards the capital development fund. That is an area that we currently all share. That is the causeway to the city centre. Unfortunately, each party was to contribute $50,000 to do a monument of sorts in that area. However, this fund actually didn't come to fruition, so the money that's been currently used for that is just to go to general maintenance of the area, which includes snow removal, the flags causeway, and as well as gravel spreading. That's currently right now. We are going to engage conversation again with the committee to see if there is the option of that. Right now, there is no money that is going into that fund.
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