Thank you, Mr. Chair. As we normally do, we would review how successful or not successful that pilot project was. If we feel that it would be successful and if the friendship centres are still all committed to it, I would hope that we could go forward. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Bob McLeod
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Crucial Fact
- His favourite word was federal.
Last in the Legislative Assembly September 2019, as MLA for Yellowknife South
Won his last election, in 2015, with 70% of the vote.
Statements in the House
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 28th, 2019
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 28th, 2019
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We had committed to providing $80,000 a year for two years, with a commitment that we would match up to a further $175,000 if they raised the money. It hasn't been brought to my attention, but I do not believe that they have come back and asked for additional matching money yet at this point. I am hopeful that they will be able to come and ask for more money very shortly. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 28th, 2019
That is correct.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 28th, 2019
Certainly not by EIA. All we do is provide administrative services to the Minister responsible for Women. I don't think there is a plan to review the Status of Women Act at this time. Perhaps through you, Mr. Chair, we can pass it over to the Minister responsible for the Status of Women.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 28th, 2019
At this late stage, if it is on the mandate list for the next government, they could look at it, for sure. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 28th, 2019
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Our plan is: we have been converting all of our services to online services as much as we can. We are continuing to move in that direction. We are also moving towards Single Window Service Centres. We have shared services arrangements. If the Member feels that we would be better served by having individual service officers in Yellowknife, we certainly can look at that, as well. Thank you.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 28th, 2019
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think the problem is a difference in opinion. When we first started with Single Window Service Centres, it was for small, isolated communities, not for the capital city and not for regional centres. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 28th, 2019
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We provided, though confidential letter, our response to his very question on the letter dated February 11th to the Member. Essentially, we said if we had additional resources, we would look at it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 28th, 2019
Thank you. We responded to committee by letter on February 11th. That is our approach to dealing with this. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters February 28th, 2019
Thank you, Mr. Chair. In my mind, there are two ways to deal with it. Probably the easiest one would be if we had additional resources and Detah popped up as a top priority. Probably, that would be the best way to go. A more complicated way is to look at how we provide bilingual services. We pay bilingual employees extra money to provide services in their Aboriginal languages. We have interpreters at work. Maybe it is better to just focus on communities who speak the language. Right now, my preference would be to see if we can find additional resources to see if we can do something for Detah. There are some communities where we are offering GSOs and they don't want it. Maybe we could look at moving some, as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.