Thank you. Minister of Justice.
Debates of March 3rd, 2022
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you. The RCMP's collective agreement is not reflected in this budget. Thank you.
Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. I believe I will be seeing that in a SUP.
Can the Minister provide -- I know there's quite a bit of money coming forward from the RCMP collective agreement, and the big question is the retroactive number. I know this is conversation happening all across Canada. Does the Minister have any update on when and how much we are expecting to see retroactively for the collective agreement?
Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you. So the RCMP pay their members, and so they've been paying them -- they pay them the retro active pay and they haven't billed us for it yet, so. For some information on this, I can hand it to the...
Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Bancroft
Madam Chair, so the in-year pay increases for members below the rank of inspector have already been actioned. They began the retroactive portion of those payments on January 25th pay for officers who are affected by this agreement. That's anticipated to be completed by the end of March. The federal government has indicated that we will be likely seeing a -- some sort of bill for that next fiscal year. To the extent of the details on that, we are not sure.
Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. I think we're all the eagerly awaiting to see the size of that bill.
There's $809,000 here for increased housing costs for RCMP members. Can I just get an explanation of whether that's money that then goes to the Housing Corp because they built those RCMP units, or is this a different housing cost? Thank you.
Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you. I believe that's going to the Housing Corp but Mr. Bancroft can provide some detail. Thank you.
Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Bancroft
Yes, the Member is correct. It is going directly towards the Housing Corporation. They building 45 new housing units, 15 already complete and occupied. So the funds flow to the Housing Corp as revenue and we expense it at a 70 percent rate through the TPSA. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. So I kind of get the math here. It makes sense for the Housing Corp to build RCMP units because then we get the 70 percent rate covered under the agreement thus giving the Housing Corp a little revenue. Is this $809,000 our portion or is this then under the 70/30 split? Thank you.
Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Bancroft
Thank you, Madam Chair. The 809 represents the Department of Justice's costs at that 70 percent. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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Rylund Johnson Yellowknife North
Thank you, Madam Chair. Can I get a bit of an explanation as to what the internet child exploitation unit is? I see there's $390,000. Are those officers that would be located in the Northwest Territories, or is this a contribution a federal kind of level? Thank you.
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Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you, Madam Chair. No, I believe they're located in the Northwest Territories. That unit -- unfortunately, it does what it sounds like it does. There's a growing issue with child exploitation on the internet, the type of exploitation that can lead to human trafficking. And so this unit works -- focuses on the Northwest Territories and works with RCMP across Canada. And they could be working with law enforcement around the world actually, to address some of the these issues. Thank you.
Committee Motion 194-19(2): Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023 - Education, Culture and Employment - Deferral of Department, Carried
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