Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.
Debates of March 11th, 2022
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Committee Motion 217-19(2): Tabled Document 578-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022 Carried
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Committee Motion 217-19(2): Tabled Document 578-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022 Carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Madam Chair. Very quickly, is there any further funding that's likely to be provided by the federal government to assist northern airlines? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I would expect that there's going to be some for the first part of the next fiscal year but beyond that, I can't say, although one would hope that the profit situation changes and they don't require them. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022, Finance Management Board Secretariat, not previously authorized, $5,044,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022, Finance, Office of the Comptroller General, not previously authorized, $7,092,000. Does committee agree?
Oh, on this section -- okay, Member for Yellowknife North.
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
I'd like to seek unanimous consent to go to the very beginning, Madam Chair; just joking. I almost made it, Mr. O'Reilly, there.
My question is regards to the $2.5 million for increased costs related to employee medical program for GNWT employees. I'm assuming this is a result of the collective bargaining agreement but can I just get a sense of what additional services GNWT employees are getting for the $2.5 million. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 217-19(2): Tabled Document 578-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022 Carried
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Thank you, Madam Chair. Medical travel assistance is a benefit that comes out of the collective agreement but this particular item is not a result of changes in the collective agreement. Rather, it's due to just cost pressures that we've run into and that -- for example, and in particular, as a result of COVID-19, flight schedules were more limited. You know, costs resulting -- or the costs associated to flight were increased. And there was a requirement for more medical travel for folks who might have otherwise not needed to. For instance, on the dental services side where dental hygienists and dentists would have been able to travel to communities, that travel became much more limited over the course of the pandemic and therefore clients were having to fly out resulting in costs to the Department of Finance. Rather than perhaps costs that they might have had over in the Department of Health to fly the dentists in, we were seeing the costs over in this benefit provided to -- provided to them -- to staff. Sorry. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Committee Motion 217-19(2): Tabled Document 578-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022 Carried
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. The other cost here is $2 million in related increased costs for long-term debt. Can I just get an explanation of what that is? Thank you.
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Committee Motion 217-19(2): Tabled Document 578-19(2): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022 Carried
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Caroline Wawzonek Yellowknife South
Madam Chair, quite a long time ago now, the agreement under the Deh Cho Bridge financing tied the costs of interest there to CPI and so as there are increases to the annual CPI amount, the costs of our -- the costs of our insurance -- sorry, the costs of our interest here go up accordingly. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022, Finance, Office of the Comptroller General, not previously authorized, $7,092,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Thank you. Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022, Finance, total department, not previously authorized, $13,172,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
We will now consider the Department of Health and Social Services, starting on page 11.
Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022, Health and Social Services, administrative and support services, not previously authorized, $2,306,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022, Health and Social Services, COVID Secretariat, not previously authorized, $263,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022, Health and Social Services, health and social programs, not previously authorized, $18,160,000. Does committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Lesa Semmler
Supplementary Estimates (Operation Expenditures), No. 3, 2021-2022, Health and Social Services, long term and continuing care services, not previously authorized, $332,000. Does committee agree?