Floyd Roland

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the union has been consulted in this process. The legislative proposal was brought forward to the committee. Based on that, we have gone ahead and drafted legislation. We are not quite finished with it. It is coming forward. As we feel, there has been consultation enough that we feel comfortable in developing legislation. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the boards are funded through a formula and an amount given to them on an annual basis and they do have to live within their budget. When they find themselves short, they can go to the department and try and substantiate why in fact they do need more funding, and in this case they have provided the documentation about the growth. The growth is in the actual area that’s being presented in utility costs. I don’t know if the Minister of Health might have more information on that, but that’s what we’ve been provided and going on. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the detail I have is just the fact that it’s liability insurance. The actual policy I haven’t seen and if we want to get to that level of detail, I’d have to get an insurance specialist to look at it. But it is liability insurance. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I should clarify, a legislative proposal was developed. We were hoping to actually bring the legislation forward for this sitting, but unfortunately we weren’t able to make that timeline. We will hopefully have it ready for the next sitting that we have as an Assembly. On the existing process, there is right now room for a union representative at the table. So there is that space right now when a member is going through a staffing appeal process; on the grievance side, especially, there is room for that. We recognize there are problems. We’ve worked...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I hope I’m not coming forward in the next year with cost overruns in that area for that facility. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, just for the record as well, the committee will see where the savings part of this is in under the Department of Health and Social Services later on in this document. On the board side of it, the insurance part is the liability insurance. That’s the portion that was folded in. I believe that we do in fact insure the education boards, except for Yellowknife No. 1 and No. 2, I believe. Thank you.

I’m sorry, Mr. Chairman; if I can have the member repeat his question.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, I do.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. All I can say again is we will be working to improve how our estimates are formed around the consumption. The growth, as stated by Ms. Lee, has been around the consumption of heating fuel, as well as power. Yes, in fact, almost $1 million has been added to the budget for Health and Social Services to provide for the Inuvik Regional Health and Social Services Board. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. What we have provided here is our best estimate of what we could be on the hook for and our share of what the total amount is. We’re splitting this with Nunavut, based on the agreement that was reached when Nunavut was created on the division of assets and liabilities. So this $9.5 million figure is our best estimate. Thank you.