Yes, thank you. Yesterday we heard that most of these money are allocated to Indigenous government. So I just wanted to ask the Minister I know there is a decrease within the Indigenous language secretariat just as my colleague has mentioned. It's $1.4 million that's decreased in that budget. So I just wanted to ask so of this, how much is allocated to the Indigenous government of this fund?
Thank you. I'll go to the Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, ECE receives $5.9 million from the federal government that is immediately distributed to Indigenous governments for the purposes of Indigenous languages. Thank you.
Thank you. I'll go to the Member from Monfwi.
Thank you. Yeah, no, I know many of these programs that I know that our constituents use these funds for culture and language. So it is important for them. That's how we maintain and try to keep our culture and language, you know, going. Because just like my colleague from Mackenzie Delta said, you know, it's it does have an impact, you know, now that younger generation are not speaking the language more. So it is important that it it would have been nice if there was if the budget was a little bit more than as it is here, especially for Indigenous language, knowing that there's more Indigenous people in the Northwest Territories. Half of the population over half of the population is Indigenous so it's just that in the future, I would like to see more money allocated towards Indigenous language and culture. So it's more of a comment. So thank you.
Thank you. Information item on page 60 to 63, is there any further questions? No further questions. Please turn to page 59. Education, culture you had your hand up? Continuing on. No further questions, please turn to page 59.
Education, Culture and Employment, language and culture, operations expenditure summary, 20242025 Main Estimates, $17,396,000. Does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. There are additional information items on page 64 to page 70. Are there any questions? Do not see no further questions. Thank you, Members, please return now to the department summary found on page 29 and revenue summary information on page 31. Are there any questions? Seeing no further questions, committee, I will now call the department summary.
Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditure, total department, 20242025 Main Estimates, $374,989,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that this committee defer further consideration of the main estimates for the Department of Education, Culture and Employment at this time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Question.
Question has been called. All those in favour, by show of hands. Thank you. All those opposed, show of hands. The motion is carried. Consideration of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, operations expenditure, 20242025 Main Estimates, total department, is deferred.
Carried
Thank you, Minister, and thank you to the witnesses for appearing before us.
Committee, we will now move to the next department. Sorry, would the sergeantatarms escort the witnesses from the chambers.
Committee, we'll now move on to the next department. What is the wish of committee? Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, would the chair please rise and report progress.
Okay, thank you. Before I rise to give progress, I just want to say thank you to the technical staff that are working right now, Andrew Jossa and Vince McLeod and John Goth. Mahsi for your time.
There's a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and nondebatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.
Carried
I will now rise and report progress. Thank you.
Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.
Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 9320(1) and would like to report progress with four motions carried. And Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member for Tu NedheWiilideh. Can I have a seconder, please? Member from Kam Lake.
Question.
There you go. To the motion. There you go. To the motion.
Question.
Question has been called. Thank you. All those in favour? Opposed? Abstentions? Motion passed.
Carried
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Standing Committee on Government Operations will meet at the rise of the House.
Thursday, June 6th, 2024, orders of the day, 1:30 p.m.
Prayer
Ministers’ Statements
Members’ Statements
Returns to Oral Questions
Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery
Acknowledgements
Oral Questions
Written Questions
Returns to Written Questions
Replies to the Commissioner’s Address
Petitions
Reports of Committees on the Review of Bills
Reports of Standing and Special Committees
Tabling of Documents
Notices of Motion
Motions
Motion 31-20(1): Cross-Border Crime Reduction Forum
Notices of Motion for First Reading of Bills
First Reading of Bills
Second Reading of Bills
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Bill 2: Missing Persons Act
Committee Report 2-20(1): Standing Committee on Social Development Report on Bill 2: Missing Persons Act
Minister’s Statement 4-20(1): 2023 Wildfire Season Review and Planning for the 2024 Season
Minister’s Statement 5-20(1): Emergency Management Preparation
Minister’s Statement 17-20(1): Reaching Average $10 a Day Child Care in the NWT
Minister’s Statement 24-20(1): Health Human Resources Recruitment and Retention
Tabled Document 93-20(1): 2024-2025 Main Estimates
Report of the Committee of the Whole
Third Reading of Bills
Orders of the Day
Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Clerk.
Colleagues, this House stands adjourned until Thursday, June 6th, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. Have a good night.
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The House adjourned at 9:24 p.m.
