David Ramsay

We do have, in addition to this money which is there to help operators with small equipment purchases, about $800,000 under another line item in the main estimates to help us get an on-the-land program. This is a small component of that, but there are other components to it as well on other pages. Thank you.

Thank you. It’s in all of our best interests to ensure that opportunities for employment are there on an annual basis and all throughout the year. I know some of the opportunity currently underway in the Sahtu is during the winter months. We need to ensure that there are opportunities for people year round, and if there is a way that we can put a bridge between the two to allow people to pursue their traditional economy and also be employed in the oil and gas sector in the Sahtu, that’s something that we should be looking at. As far as a report goes on the money, there would be some...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If the Member is looking for a connection in the Department of Justice, there isn’t one there. We have the main estimates before us today. The Member talked about a director’s position. We’d look at putting somebody in there in an acting capacity. We’d look at perhaps training somebody. There are transfer assignments. There’s maternity leave, the use of casual, relief workers. The money that we do have is certainly earmarked for compensation and benefits to our employees.

Thank you, Madam Chair. The integrated case management is under community justice.

Thank you. I thank the Member for his observations and his questions, and that’s something that we will consider. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Those positions are all funded. Thank you.

I thought we may have covered this off previous to this page, but yes, we can provide that information.

Thank you, Madam Chair. There are protocols in place, and as far as service time to various communities across the Northwest Territories, I would be more than happy to get that level of detail for the Member. Thank you.

It would be the department. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The assumption the Member is making is that the vacant positions are vacant for the entire year. That, of course, is not the case. That’s not reality, but I’ll go to Ms. Schofield for a further explanation.