Thank you. Minister of health.
Debates of Feb. 12th, 2025
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Lesa Semmler Inuvik Twin Lakes
That would be best left for the sup health benefits section. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Shauna Morgan Yellowknife North
Okay, thank you. I will postpone those questions until we're looking at supplementary health benefits. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, my questions are around compensation and benefits, and I could just be confused. It's possible. But given that we had an increase in our union contract but looking at this activity and all the activities throughout, I do notice that the main estimates are lower in each case than the revised estimates for 2024-2025. I'm just wondering if I'm missing anything there, Madam Chair; if there's positions that are no longer there or if we've gotten rid of positions that were no longer filled. If I can get some kind of an explanation on that. Thank you.
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Jeannie Mathison
Thank you, Madam Chair. So the explanation there is that -- and just to confirm that, yes, throughout all of these activities there are increases related to the collective agreement because we have staff represented in all of these activities. And so what happened in 2024-2025 -- and you'll see there's change from the opening main estimates to the revised main estimates. In the revised main estimates is where, you know, the results of the negotiations are actually shown for the 2024-2025 year, and in some cases there because we were playing a little bit of catch-up and there was some retro that had to be given because of the delay in the negotiations, so that's why in some cases the numbers are higher there, and then they fall back to what the regular increase on an annual basis going forward would be in the 2025-2026 year. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, no, I appreciate that. And I did note in some of them, we're not to those activities but I did note in some it's still -- the compensation and benefits main estimates for 2025-2026 are still, in some cases, lower than they were in 2023-2024 as well as lower obviously than they are in the revised estimates, and that's what's kind of -- kind of caught my attention as I went through. So just wondering. So then to be clear, I guess, it wasn't -- it was the result of retro pay for the revised estimates, but was there any positions or unfilled positions that were removed in the department? Thank you.
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Jeannie Mathison
Thank you, Madam Chair. And the explanation for that will be different depending on what activity we're in. But in this specific activity under the line compensation and benefits, so the change where you can see that it's going down from -- it's going from 11,616 to 12,536 and then down to 12,142, so the reason why it's going down from 11,616 to 12,142 is because we had time limited funding for a position for the Office of the Public Guardian that is coming out of there, and then it's offset by an increase related to the collective agreement bargaining. So that's then bringing it back up again. So that's the explanation for the change there. So the -- it's the position coming out -- the funding for the position coming out, offset by the retroactive -- or the collective bargaining funding going back in. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Denny Rodgers Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Madam Chair. And thank you for that. And, yes, and I realize we're on this key activity. I'll hold my questions on the compensation and benefits until we get through the other activities, and now I've given them lots of time to prepare that answer as well. Nothing further, Madam Chair.
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The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
No further questions. Please turn to page 200. Health and Social Services, administrative and support services, operations expenditure summary, 2025-2026 Main Estimates, $69,306,000. Does the committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair Sheryl Yakeleya
Thank you. Moving on to health and social programs beginning on page 203 with information items on page 209. Are there any questions? Member for Great Slave.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll just wait for you to restart the clock. Thank you so much.
So on page 206 -- I need new glasses; I have an appointment -- the family violence prevention fund is a contribution that the department makes I believe -- or receives, I should say, I think from wage, but maybe the Minister can just confirm.
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