Mr. Chairman, I thought I was speaking to the motion. I was talking about the $25,000 reduction that the motion called for. It is deleting $25,000. The $25,000 that Mr. Gargan is trying to delete would prove his point in that the church is a priority. He tried a number of ways today and yesterday to try to convince the Executive that something has to be done. This is his last opportunity while we are dealing with money under this particular activity. So for those reasons, Mr. Chairman, although the project for the museum is important, I am leaning more to support Mr. Gargan. I will be voting in favour of Mr. Gargan's motion.
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Historical Information Henry Zoe is no longer a member of the Legislative Assembly.
Last in the Legislative Assembly May 2005, as MLA for North Slave
Lost his last election, in 2007, with 46% of the vote.
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Bill 1: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1991-92 December 16th, 1991
Bill 1: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1991-92 December 16th, 1991
Mr. Chairman, after listening to a number of people speak on this particular motion, I see where Mr. Gargan is coming from. After listening to a number of people, this is the only way Mr. Gargan can pursue to
preserve the church that needs fixing up in Fort Providence. He tried a number of ways to convince the Executive that this church has to be fixed. In his view, the church is a priority and it falls under this particular activity -- the museum and heritage. This money is not approved yet. What Mr. Gargan is doing is deleting $25,000...
Bill 1: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1991-92 December 16th, 1991
Mr. Chairman, so that money has been expended without any form of approval. Now, how could one department not seek approval from FMB before expending money?
Bill 1: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1991-92 December 16th, 1991
Mr. Chairman, my other question that the Minister did not really answer, did we expend this money without having approval of the Legislature? If you did, what manner did we use -- why did you not use a special warrant if it is already spent?
Bill 1: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1991-92 December 16th, 1991
Mr. Chairman, on the activity of cultural affairs not previously authorized of $32,000, I assume, Mr. Chairman, that this money is not spent yet and they are now asking us to approve it for the Metis Elders Advisory Council to meet in Simpson and Fort Smith. Now, in the time of restraint, Mr. Chairman, has not the government considered taking a look at this particular item? Also, my other question to the Minister is, why is the government giving funding to one particular group only, one aboriginal group?
Bill 1: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1991-92 December 16th, 1991
Mr. Chairman, on the first $30,000 of the $74,000 which is for wage parity between our government and municipal local librarians, could I ask the Minister which communities are receiving the benefits of wage parity arrangements?
Bill 1: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1991-92 December 16th, 1991
Mr. Chairman, almost half a million dollars for Finance, operations and maintenance, directorate. For half a million dollars -- if we could get a little more explanation from the honourable Member for Hay River, the Minister of Finance. If he could give us more detail as to what is happening here.
Bill 1: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1991-92 December 16th, 1991
Mr. Chairman, the special warrant that was issued for $75,000 indicates in the detail that someone was doing the work for us. Could I ask who we had a contract with?
Bill 1: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1991-92 December 15th, 1991
Thank you. Mr. Chairman, the Minister gave us figures for the new Ministers' travel budget. Could I ask the Minister, if the $72,000 is approved, what would the amount be for the Ministers' home travel portion of the budget?
Bill 1: Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 1991-92 December 15th, 1991
Mr. Chairman, in regard to the home travel budget, could Ministers use other types of trips -- let me put it a different way. The Minister's ability to use the home travel budget for other types of trips, is that allowed? Is it strictly home travel? For instance Mr. Allooloo, if he did not utilize it to go home on duty, could he utilize it to go to Expo in Spain? That is an extreme, but is it strictly for home travel?