Book Description

This report presents a review of the Northwest Territories government main estimates for 2000-01 and departmental business plans for 2000-03, with discussion of issues specific to the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation and the departments of Health & Social Services, Justice, and Education, Culture & Employment. Issues covered include lack of detail in business plans, funding of student support services, education & employment for adults, preservation of Aboriginal languages, health promotion strategies, cohesion between early childhood development programs and the children & youth agenda, home care programs & palliative care, health human resources recruitment & retention, medical travel policy, computer records security, reporting requirements & business plan format, integration of income support & disability pensions, the use of wilderness camps to meet needs of offenders, inmate programming in correctional facilities, First Nations policing, legal aid backlogs, alternative justice programs, a seniors' housing strategy, and harmonization between income support & social housing.