Tom Beaulieu

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chairman, under the description of the Small Communities Employment Program, it refers to longer-term employment. Training needed for longer-term employment, is that a must criteria for this that, at some point, they must be trained for long-term jobs? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In the Small Community Employment Program, $3,339,000 as the Minister has indicated is also a wage subsidy program to obtain skills? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, so that is a wage subsidy. Does that mean that the small community employment would be job creation? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am going to move on to a different topic, Mr. Chair. We were dealing with the small community employment support program and for quite a while in discussions with the department, and then a decision was made by the government to put an additional $3 million into that program, which is excellent. We were under the assumption, however, that the budget was $1.3 million, but we can see from this budget in front of us that the actual budget last year was $339,000 and was carried into this year. Our request initially was to have the overall budget at $5 million, but it seemed...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the ADM is telling me that there is no reduction as a result of the plan to eliminate TEP at this point or in this budget. Is that correct? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Then there is no decrease to this budget as a result of the plan to eliminate those two programs? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move that the committee defer further consideration of the estimates for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment at this time. Marci cho, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 26118(12), Northwest Territories Main Estimates, 20172018, and continue with the Department of Education, Culture and Employment and, time permitting, the Department of Infrastructure. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, on page 49, the rollup of the various amounts to the district authorities and councils, education councils, and education authorities, my understanding from earlier discussion is that that number would go up by $5.1 million when the junior kindergarten money is put into it, so the new number for 201718 would be $156,869,000? Thank you.

I would like to ask the Minister why we are not going after the National Infrastructure Fund for the Slave Geological Province road?