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Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Mr. Chairman, I can shed some light on this particular matter. This area has always been a real challenge to balance or to strike the right balance between assisting those individuals that are on income support and pushing them towards or creating economic dependency.

There is a program in place with our department as well: Productive Choices. We have initiated, in the past, various programs so that we can get people out of their homes and work for the money that we provide to them, but there has been a push back. They went through their leaders and their MLAs and put more pressure on us to...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

As I indicated, the money that will flow with the new community learning centre will happen. The Member is asking for additional funding. We provide funding to the local DEA to provide programming in CTS and different areas. At this point we don’t have the additional dollars to put into the system. This is an area we can look at for next year’s planning session. At the same time, the funding that has been in existence is being transferred with the new building.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Like I said before, we will continue to provide funding based on the students and based on the operation of alternative school programming. We’re focusing on the students and providing funding for operations costs. As I stated, if there are additional costs as required on the students, then we’ll seriously look at those areas as well.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. I agree with the Member that we need to advertise more. We are doing that currently with the website and working closely with employers, as well, to identify those individuals. We may have to be fed up a bit within our department that we are aware of that.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I did highlight that we need to plan for next year’s capital planning process and this will be part of the process. Mahsi.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. We do have the Nominee Program and also the staff to deal with that matter. We realize that there are people from all races and from all different countries, as well, that are coming to Canada, also coming to the Northwest Territories. So this is an area that we continue to monitor, but we do have people that deal with those individuals that may have questions, that may have an application process and we’ll do what we can to assist them through that venue. Mahsi.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. I’m sure that the information that the Member is sharing, we’re not aware of if any individuals have been declined.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Mahsi, Mr. Chair. This is an area that we can seriously look at. When the Member touched on the age-plus, the 90-plus, definitely, those are the areas that we need to explore. There may not be that many elders so it might be workable. We need to look into that and we’ll come back to the standing committee if we’re going to make those changes. Mahsi.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Mahsi, Mr. Chairman. In September 2009 the current formula was approximately $666,000 for Phoenix. The proposed is... Right now the current would be $439,000. There’s a difference of just over $200,000.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 5th Session (day 40)

Mr. Chair, this is an area that, like I said, we need to look at. We’re not sure if the Mine Training Society is going to survive the end of next year and we need to explore those options as well. We can look at it and see where it can take us. We haven’t really identified funding in this budget to allocate a certain amount of dollars towards this Mine Training Society because that wasn’t a part of the plan, but I realize there will be a motion coming forward and working with them and also the federal government, but I can commit in this House that this is an area that we need to discuss...