R.J. Simpson

Thank you. And so we work with the Indigenous governments. That's who our partners are on this. The mentors receive the starting compensation rate is $25 an hour, and the apprentices receive $20 an hour. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. To your left, we have Sam Shannon, assistant deputy minister of corporate services; and to your right, John MacDonald, deputy minister. Thank you.

Thank you. I believe the grants were perhaps I'll ask the deputy minister. Thanks.

Thank you. So I believe the arts council just overspent that year by 10,000. Perhaps I can ask Mr. Shannon for some more detail on that. Thank you.

Thank you. I don't have that level of detail with me.

Thank you. Madam Chair, I'm here to present the Department of Education, Culture and Employment's main estimates for the fiscal year 20222023. Overall, the department's estimates propose an increase of $5.159 million, or 1.46 percent, over the 20212022 Main Estimates. These estimates support the mandate objectives while continuing to meet the GNWT’s fiscal objectives to prioritize responsible and strategic spending.

Highlights of these proposed estimates include forced growth funding of $778,000, including:

an additional $645,000 to address the increased demand on the senior citizen's...

Thank you. So that is related to the extension of the CanadaNWT agreement on early living and childcare, so not the Canadawide. Thank you.

Thank you. So through the capital process, we are looking at ways to enhance the ability of the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre to, you know, store and display art. There is not the level of federal funding that one might think available for things like this. It's actually quite limited. Generally, museums, art galleries are not 100 percent funded by a provincial or territorial government. Again, there's other avenues for funding and so we are exploring, you know, how to perhaps access some of those other avenues and how we can perhaps tie in with some other projects that might be...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I don't have significant concerns about the transparency and accountability of the RCMP so I haven't had those types of conversations. That said, I do have regular conversations with the commanding officer of Gdivision; the department has regular conversations as well. So those conversations are ongoing. And noting the your comments earlier, I will keep this last remark brief. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. So the numbers in the budget are what's in the budget so there are no increases this year. That being said, the numbers in here don't represent the totality of the funding that heritage centres receive from the GNWT. ITI also provides funding to heritage centres. It's not specific for heritage centres but they can and have accessed to ITI funding a number of times to undertake capital upgrades to their facilities and whatnot. But the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre also provides inkind support. So, you know, we have staff from the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre...