Wendy Bisaro
Statements in Debates
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Committee would like to continue with Tabled Document 22-17(5), NWT Main Estimates 2014-14, continuing with Education, Culture and Employment and, time permitting, Transportation and then Environment and Natural Resources. Thank you.
Mr. Chair, I just wanted to comment on the funding for Skills Canada. I’m very pleased to see that there. I think that this is an excellent program. The department, I think, recognizes that it is as well. I think it’s only been expanding over the last number of years. We’ve gone from $35,000 from 2012-13 and we skipped last year and we now have $70,000 in 2014-15. The Skills Canada group have been doing a great deal to expand into all areas of the territory outside of just Yellowknife. I think that’s a great program that we are back to funding. I was going to ask a question on the small...
Now I’m really confused. I guess I need to ask the Minister if I could get the detailed page that he read from. I thought I heard him say Aboriginal Languages Secretariat.
Would I be able to find out when that review might be available?
Thanks to the Minister for that. I look forward to seeing that report. In the program delivery details, labour and career development, there’s a fairly large increase from 2013-14 to 2014-15. Could I get an explanation of what the increase is funding? Thank you.
Thanks to Mr. Heide. So you’re saying that Aurora College does not report to the government, they are reporting directly to the feds. Is that correct?
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to say that I do support this motion for a couple of reasons. One is that I have been able to personally see this initiative in action twice now and it is providing education at the high school level to communities that would not normally be able to get the range of courses that they are getting through the e-learning initiative.
Secondly, I think the fact that this is being fully funded by the Beau-Del District Education Council is patently unfair. This is an initiative on the part of this particular district education council and they are being funded on a per...
And the amount that’s in the supplementary reserve at the moment? Thank you.
I don’t know, Mr. Chair. I wasn’t quite ready for that. I think I’ll just leave it at that. I appreciate the explanation and I think I knew that and had forgotten. So I’ll have further questions. Thank you.
Perhaps if Members could get that listing, that would be helpful.
The notes indicate that, Note 4 says, “The above excludes $600,000 budgeted for supplementary reserves.” Could I understand what supplementary reserves we are referencing? Is that the GNWT supplementary reserves or is that a reserve for the college? Thank you.