Kam Lake
David Ramsay
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Total department, $7.077 million.
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Thank you, Mr. Roland. Mr. Braden.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. I listened closely to some of the comments from my colleagues on this issue and I think this is a fair compromise. The $367,000 that’s going to be deleted from the Housing Corporation activity is, in effect, the positions that are located in headquarters, and that’s here in Yellowknife. It doesn’t impact the work that’s needed on the ground in the regions. That’s the 10 positions, five technical officers and five lands officers, and those are in the regions. The six positions that this money, the deletion of this $367,000, calls for are the positions that are located at...
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Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Minister.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’d like to ask the Minister, is there any additional federal dollars that will be coming to the Northwest Territories in the immediate future to address day care issues? Thank you.
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Health services programs, $5.422 million.
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Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Braden.
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That’s fine, Madam Chair. I’ll leave it at that.
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Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Minister.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the honourable Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Dent. Back in February, I brought up the issue of the inequities that exist between day cares that are operating out of government-owned facilities and those who have to pay their own way. In terms of operating costs, it is an $80,000 to $90,000 per year advantage. I would like to ask the Minister today what exactly that he and his department have done since February when this issue was brought up to address the inequities? What have they done to address the...