Floyd Roland

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have been upgrading our computer systems and we continue to do so. One of the problems we find is we are still pulling back departments into an area where we can use the same platforms, as they say, in the computer world and have systems talk to each other. Still, the fact remains that even though it’s in the system, when a retroactive agreement is reached we have to go back in the file. Depending on the timeline that’s involved and how many changes the position has taken, whether it’s acting, a new pay level or up to a new pay range, there are many...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in Ms. Lee’s Member’s statement, she hit all the points that are very accurate in the fact that we have a very heavy workload for the individuals in the payroll office. As the Premier stated earlier, as a government, we’ve decided to live within our means and tried to do what we can with what is available. Unfortunately, on this side of the equation, we are not considered frontline workers, so when the government looks at reduction scenarios, it’s that end of the boat that ends up taking a fair bit of the brunt of any reduction scenarios of past...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, since becoming a Member of the 15th Legislative Assembly, we have led very busy lives and have had to make some very difficult decisions. This summer, I had to make a difficult decision as well, a personal one that included my family, in a sense that we have decided or, as my children would look at it, I had decided that it was best that my family be close to me. So we made the journey this summer leaving Inuvik via truck driving the Dempster Highway and relocating here in Yellowknife. I am here in Yellowknife for the purpose of the work that I have...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Friday, October 15, 2004, I will move that Bill 14, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 4, 2003-2004, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe I did answer that. When the Member asked this of me, I did commit to looking into it. We have looked into it and under the Financial Administration Manual, section 803-4(3.1), there is no provision for interest to be accrued and paid out. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First let me say, for the record, I have not been keeping money from the employees myself. We have been working to try to correct the situation. Mr. Speaker, an example of what has to be done on a lot of occasions, especially on the Justice side, because there are so many shift changes, acting appointments and so on, that in one employee’s case, there could be 200 transactions that have to be looked at and adjustments made going back to the point of the change. One case could take 200 different transactions to come up with the final number that needs to be paid out....

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to recognize in the gallery my father, David Roland, the man I look to for guidance and direction, and thank him for all of his training.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As required by section 32.1(2) of the Financial Administration Act, I wish to table the following document entitled List of Interactivity Transfers for the Period April 1, 2004 to May 26, 2004. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Weledeh, that Bill 11, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 1, 2004-2005, be read for the third time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 10, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2004-2005, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.