Caroline Cochrane

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, if you look at page 326 you'll see that the total for 911 implementation is $616,000. That is broken down with the $132,000 for a 911 emergency coordinator; the $365,000, as the Member stated, is implementing furniture, office space, et cetera; and then the last $119,000 is for the contract services for the implementation of 911. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to be able to say that they just gave us the money and said, do what you want, but the reality is they do have pretty firm guidelines on it. We are working closely with the Aboriginal governments to develop an online training program relevant to Aboriginal governance specifically. So it's a partnership between the Aboriginal governments, the Government of the Northwest Territories, and the federal government. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. When the department was looking at some restructuring to see if there were ways that we could be more efficient with our resources, we decided that the two positions could be terminated -- they are through headquarters -- and that we would have enough staffing to actually do the extra work that was required. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. On page 340, it shows the youth centres funding for $500,000. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So the figure in 2016-17 of $22 million was because of a carryover in that year, and then the current year is $15,750; it goes up every two years. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The positions that we have, the current nine positions, they already have gone through the job classification process, and they are in our organizational chart. I will commit to actually reviewing them at the end of this fiscal year again to ensure that they can still maintain as unfunded versus moving them into a funded position.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. When we are developing the next year's budget, we can take a look at the consumer affairs; however, I do have to point out that over three years we've had less than two dozen cases that we've had to deal with. So unless our numbers pick up dramatically I can't see that there would be an increase at this point. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is both. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In response to the comments that were made by the Members of the Legislative Assembly, I want to talk a little bit about some of them. The Auditor General's report came at an opportune time, actually, because of just accepting the new portfolio and a new deputy minister, it gave us the time to really look at the difficulties that the department was having and gear us towards the new programs and supports that we can actually help people in the communities. It also identified the need to work with Indigenous and Northern Affairs closer.

At no time have I heard any talk and...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, if they are looking at an arena, then they do have to use that from their operation maintenance funding. We do have a small funding for youth centres. It is $500,000 a year that we provide, and that is specifically for youth centres. Thank you, Mr. Chair.