Committee Motion 20-16(2) To Reinstate Funding In The Amount Of $265,000 In Contributions To Special Projects For Community Justice Activities (Committee Motion Carried)  I would like to see if the Minister could provide this request, to myself or to the committee in writing, for how they count their headquarters and regional positions. I don’t believe that everybody in all of the departments is reporting regional and headquarter positions in the

Programs, Services And Infrastructure Concerns In Tu Nedhe Communities  Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. [English translation not provided] Mr. Speaker, today I would like to talk about the much-needed services in the communities of Tu Nedhe in the area of infrastructure and also programs and services. There are key issues I must work with in the communitie

Main Estimates 2008–2009 Department Of Justice  Thank you. Community Justice Programming. The department is proposing to reduce available funding for Community Justice activities by $350,000 and not staff a position that was supposed to support these Community Justice committees, for an additional saving of $83,000. Agai

Main Estimates 2008–2009 Department Of Justice  I have a motion on this page.

Committee Motion 12-16(2) To Delete $161,000 From Department Of Justice, Services To Government, For The Advancement Of Devolution Discussions (Committee Motion Carried)  Mr. Chair, I move that the 2008–2009 Main Estimates be amended by deleting $161,000 from the Activity Summary, Services to Government under the Department of Justice, Operations Expenditure Summary, on page 7-13 for the advancement of devolution discussions.

Committee Motion 14-16(2) To Delete $942,000 From The Department Of Justice Courts For Ten Additional Court Services Positions (Committee Motion Carried)  I just had a question on the reporting of positions, in the previous section as well. I’m just looking for clarification on the positions in North Slave. I’m assuming those are regional positions. I just want to ask the Minister: which communities does the North Slave regional

Committee Motion 14-16(2) To Delete $942,000 From The Department Of Justice Courts For Ten Additional Court Services Positions (Committee Motion Carried)  I’m wondering if the function of this regional office is similar to the functions of the other regional offices and not one of a headquarter function.

Committee Motion 14-16(2) To Delete $942,000 From The Department Of Justice Courts For Ten Additional Court Services Positions (Committee Motion Carried)  So there is no headquarter functions with the positions that are reported in the region here? I’m asking because earlier on, when we questioned the distribution of positions, the Minister advised us that 80 per cent of the positions were in the region. I’m just ensuring that thes

Committee Motion 14-16(2) To Delete $942,000 From The Department Of Justice Courts For Ten Additional Court Services Positions (Committee Motion Carried)  This is my final question on this. If the North Slave regional office was located outside of Yellowknife, all 34 positions that are currently in place would be moving with the regional office function if, say, the regional office was located in Behchoko or something. Is that corr

Question 211-16(2) Employment Opportunities In Small Communities  Mahsi. Mr. Speaker, today I spoke of the unemployment and employment picture in Tu Nedhe communities. I’d like to follow up with the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. The employment section of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment in Yellowknife has

Question 211-16(2) Employment Opportunities In Small Communities  What tools do the career development officers have? I know the Minister’s responding as to what they do, but what tools do they have at their disposal for dealing with industry replacing Income Support clients and jobs with industry and industry-related employers?

Question 211-16(2) Employment Opportunities In Small Communities  Does the department have, as a standard, an assessment of the skills of the unemployed people in the smaller communities — or unemployed people, period, I suppose?

Question 211-16(2) Employment Opportunities In Small Communities  Can the Minister provide this Member with a plan on what happens with the Income Support program and the clients in the Income Support Program in the area of career and employment development?

Main Estimates 2008–2009 Department Of Human Resources  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’m kind of waiting for the right spots in the budget to come up, in order to ask some questions, but I think the questions have been fairly general, so I’ll go through my list here. First, I’d like to talk a bit about the self-service system that’s in pla

Main Estimates 2008–2009 Department Of Human Resources  Thank you, Minister. I think the self-service system is more than just pay. I think that’s the only time I’ve heard anything positive said about it: that it’s easy and it’s timely for shift workers to get their pay. There are all kinds of other problems with the system that can’t