Question 176-15(6): GNWT Human Resources Information System  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I had said in a response earlier in this House to Mrs. Groenewegen, that there are some outstanding invoices with Answerthink and I have provided direction to the department that they not be paid until we are satisfied that we have a working system.

Question 176-15(6): GNWT Human Resources Information System  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In our opinion, the contract is not terminated until the product has been delivered. So I'm not sure where the Member is getting his information that the contract was terminated, because we have a contract for a product to be delivered. Until it's deliv

Question 176-15(6): GNWT Human Resources Information System  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm not sure that it would be appropriate or correct to say that the contract was terminated. We have a contract with Answerthink for them to deliver a product and, as I've said previously in this House, we're not satisfied yet that the product has been

Question 173-15(6): Social Housing Rent Assessments  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's hard to talk about a specific case without having all of the details. I will certainly commit to sit down with the Member this afternoon if possible to get the details and ensure that we have both the income support worker and, if necessary, the loc

Question 173-15(6): Social Housing Rent Assessments  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As rents are changed by local housing authorities, that should have no significant impact on the amount of money that it costs a family to live in that house if they are in financial need, because the amount of subsidy that is provided through the Income

Minister's Statement 36-15(6): Helping Northerners To Achieve Self-reliance Through Income Security  Good choice, Mr. Speaker. Thank you. Mr. Speaker, self-reliance is one of the core values of northerners and this government. It is an essential part of the vision of this Assembly. Northern people should have the tools and resources they need to function independently and to

Mr. Dent's Reply  I appreciate that she stuck by that decision. But her jewellery store, the business she started, had to be sold after 18 years of being her baby. Our son, Tyler, has also paid a price for my public service. I have missed a lot of his activities over the years and haven't been t

Mr. Dent's Reply  As I said, Mr. Speaker, I think it's because we are used to it that so many of us forget it. But when I talk to Members of provincial legislative assemblies, they are astounded to hear about the power of Regular Members. When I tell elected officials from other jurisdictions th

Mr. Dent's Reply  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. For four consecutive elections and nearly 16 years I've been honoured to be selected by the constituents of Frame Lake to represent them in this Legislative Assembly. To this day, I am awed to have had that level of trust. Mr. Speaker, I want to make it

Committee Motion 12-15(6): Amend Schedule To Bill 18 Regarding Additional Funding For Gameti School, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that the schedule to Bill 18 be amended to: a) increase by $3.050 million the supplementary appropriation amount set out in part 2, item 16, Education, Culture and Employment, by striking out $2.675 million in the column entitled appropriation by

Committee Motion 11-15(6): Addition Of $3.05 Million For Gameti School, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that $3.050 million be added to the activity education and culture under the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, capital investment expenditures, not previously authorized on page 14 for the purpose of constructing additional

Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think Mr. Roland has pretty adequately answered the question. The review in 2005, though, did determine that much of the functionality of PeopleSoft or the program had either been turned off or hidden and the recommendation was that when we got to a syst

Question 154-15(6): Income Support Policy Application  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At this point, the policies between the public housing rental subsidy and the Income Support Program aren't the same. When ECE was given responsibility for public housing, the promise was that no changes would be made to those policies. If the intent of

Question 154-15(6): Income Support Policy Application  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'm not sure what reason the previous governments had for deciding that some money should be exempt from consideration. Under the new policy with income support starting on September 1st, clients will be able to exempt $1,200 a year in unearned income, w

Question 154-15(6): Income Support Policy Application  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The government's policy is not to exclude payments like IBAs. Treaty payments are exempt from consideration from family income.