Thank you. I'm going to go back to the Member from Frame Lake.
Debates of May 29th, 2024
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Julian Morse Frame Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. And, yeah, the Premier's right. I just realized that I am asking questions related to a page that's coming up so I'll keep those questions for that time. I don't have questions on this specific page. Thank you.
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The Chair Richard Edjericon
All right, thank you. Is there any further questions from Members? Seeing none. Oh, I'm going to -- I got Member from the Dehcho.
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Sheryl Yakeleya Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The funding for the Women's Initiatives and Native Women's Association and Status of Women Council, these -- they're all funded like for three -- they get multi-year funding; right? Or is it just one-year funding at a time? Thank you.
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The Chair Richard Edjericon
Is there any further questions? I'm going to go to the Member from Yellowknife North.
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Shauna Morgan Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just had one question under this. The gender-based violence fund -- and I'm not sure -- I know that the national action plan to end gender-based violence has funding, and it's sprinkled in a couple places throughout this budget, but I'll attack about what's here. I'm not -- I'm wondering if the gender-based violence fund, which provides $125,000 per community or project, is that fully subscribed? And perhaps the Minister could comment -- it looks like last year in this line item, on page 135, there's $1.68 million that was allocated last fiscal year, and this fiscal year, $1.648 million. Can the Minister talk about whether all of that money was distributed, was it fully subscribed, or are we leaving money on the table when it comes to gender-based violence initiatives.
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R.J. Simpson Hay River North
Thank you. I'd like to -- through you, Mr. Chair, I would like to hand it to the director.
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Tram Do
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So the $1,648,000 for national action to end the gender-based violence, $200,000 of that is for internal salaries and benefits, and the remainder is to be given out in grants and contributions. Also to note with that, $630,000 of that amount goes to NWT Housing as well. So out of the 1.648, $630,000 goes to housing, and then the remainder goes to grants and contributions based on applications to the program, and it is distributed that way.
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Shauna Morgan Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chair. And so for last year for 2023-2024, can the Minister clarify whether or not all of the money that was allocated toward grants and contributions was actually allocated to deserving organizations? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Tram Do
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So the start of the program was mid year, and we also had the evacuation and the election, so hence not all of the budgeted allocations were spent. For 2023-2024, we are carrying a surplus. The surplus is to be spent by September 30th, and we're hopeful to have all of the allocations from the surplus amounts completed by then. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Shauna Morgan Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's good to know. I just want us to do everything we can to make sure that -- there's tons of work to be done out there and tons of organizations doing this kind of work, so I just want to make sure that the dots are being connected and we're getting all this money out the door. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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The Chair Richard Edjericon
Thank you. Any further questions? Okay, I'm going to continue on. No further questions.
Please turn to page 134. The Executive and Indigenous Affairs, directorate, operations expenditure summary, 2024-2025 Main Estimates, $9,457,000. Does the committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Richard Edjericon
Thank you. Moving on to the council's office beginning on page 138 with information item on page 140. Are there any questions?
Seeing no questions. I'll continue on. Oh, sorry. Member from the Dehcho.