Inuvik Boot Lake

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Debates of , (day 4)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for North Slave, that Bill 3, An Act to Amend the Income Tax Act, No. 2, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, all of those options are being examined as to how we can work and be more efficient in the delivery of human resource functions. So all of those are being looked at. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am hoping that through the exercise we have identified with departments on a 25 percent reduction that they would take those types of trips and be the first ones to drop off. It is something that we will continue to monitor as a government. For example, in the area within our department, the number of trips for duty travel conferences is about 41, and that works out to about $300 per employee that does that. So definitely not everybody goes on these things. Some of them are requirements when it comes to keeping certain classifications up to date...

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Thank you, Madam Chair. Using the comparison between the 2003-04 main estimates to the 2004-05 proposed main estimates, we have included the income of $700,000 from the two highest tax brackets in additional revenue, but also a $1.3 million reduction in the two lowest tax brackets that comes into effect January 1, 2005. So by adjusting the two lowest brackets and incorporating the two highest bracket increases, that nets out and it's slightly less than what we would have gotten if we did not make the adjustment for the low-income side. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Right now, we are continuing in the winding-down portion of the category we are working on. There are individuals who worked as casuals for the government and we are still trying to track down some of those individuals who haven’t been found that were past employees of the government. We are hoping to have that concluded by the end of this upcoming fiscal year. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Monday, March 22, 2004, I will move that Bill 4, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 3, 2003-2004, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, we don’t have that information readily available. We will get it together as we are going through the exercise now of looking at how we deliver HR resources throughout the departments and the communities. So we are beginning that process and we will pull that together and provide it to Members, but we don’t have that department by department at this time right at this setting. I would encourage the Member to ask each department for their HR people in there, but we can and we will pull some of that together and provide it to Members. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Member has it right. The reduction in the cost of assets and service is a result of the transfer to the Housing Corporation, and that corresponding amount will appear in the Housing Corporation section. Thank you.

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Thank you, Madam Chair. That would appear in the reform fund portion, and it would be a portion of the Canada social transfer. So it's accounted for in this section of revenues.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We feel that the other areas are secured. We continue to monitor the operations, ensuring that our guarantees…We're hoping that they are not going to be exercised. There have been strong provisions put in place to protect our position. Most guarantees provided that working capital draws must be margined against inventory and accounts receivable. So we've done a fair bit of work. Parent companies and owners must cross-guarantee the GNWT. It is a complicated process and we've had complaints on the other side that it's a very cumbersome, complicated process, but...