What I heard that we need to work on in the next four years:
Fort Simpson
- Develop a plan to build a bridge over the Liard River
- Nutrition North program for the community
- Increase funding for the Small Community Employment Program
- Indigenous housing
- Social service positions for elders
- Increase homecare positions in the community
- Address the Seniors Fuel Subsidy issue
- Work on fixing the funding formula for schools
- Address the municipal funding shortfall
- Work with village to address the bank erosion issue
- Continue working with Dehcho First Nation
- Work on energy pilot project for Fort Simpson
- Work on medical travel and non-medical escorts
- Build a new long-term care facility (new jobs)
- Work on energy pilot project for Fort Simpson
- Develop a better partnership with the band and DHSSA on mental health, addictions (after care and on the land) as well as victim services
- Continue to address the land lease issues (equity and recreational)
- Receive, review, and advocate for constituents' issues, territorial and federal
- Continuously being responsive to your needs
Fort Liard
- Increase funding for the Small Community Employment Program
- Social service positions for elders
- Increase homecare in the community
- Address the Seniors Fuel Subsidy issue
- Indigenous housing
- Work on LNG and geothermal pilot projects
- Work on fixing the funding formula for schools
- Continue to address the taxation Issue
- Continue to work on enhancing Highway No. 7
- Fibre-optic link access
- Address the municipal funding shortfall
- Local housing authority facility and new positions
- Receive, review, and advocate for constituent issues, territorial and federal
- Ensure bills are reflective of the wishes and needs of the Nahendeh riding
- Continuously being responsive to your needs
Jean Marie River:
- Increase funding for the Small Community Employment Program
- Increase homecare in the community
- Address the Seniors Fuel Subsidy issue
- Indigenous housing
- Agriculture (farm) pilot project to be built more self-sufficient with a community farm
- Work with Nutrition North to access the program
- Continue to work on enhancing the access road
- Highway No. 1 chipsealing project, an additional 20 km outside the community
- Address the municipal funding shortfall
- Four-plex for elders. New health cabin (community owned)
- Work with the community on the sawmill project
- Receive, review, and advocate for constituent issues, territorial and federal
- Continuously being responsive to your needs
Nahanni Butte:
- Increase funding for the Small Community Employment Program
- Fencing around the airport to stop the buffalo from getting on the runway
- Increase the number of buffalo tags
- Work on the buffalo issue in the community
- Increase homecare in the community
- Address the Seniors Fuel Subsidy issue
- Indigenous housing
- Continue to work on distance education
- Work with the RCMP to have a better presence in the community, including a crew trailer and boat
- Continue to enhance and straighten the access road
- Address the municipal funding shortfall
- Four-plex for elders
- Receive, review, and advocate for constituents' issues, territorial and federal
- Continuously being responsive to your needs
Sambaa K'e
- Increase funding for the Small Community Employment Program
- Increase homecare in the community
- Work on elders' house renovations
- Address the band land issue
- Address the Seniors Fuel Subsidy issue
- Indigenous housing, last one built 2008
- Work with Nutrition North to help the community access the program
- Continue to work on enhancing the access road and work on develop an all-weather road
- Get the power plant moved to the old airport strip
- Government service officer, contract with the band
- Address the municipal funding shortfall
- Four-plex for elders
- Work on the runway issues
- Department of MACA / Infrastructure to help use CPI and gas tax funding and improve communication
- Work on the community gym project
- Enhance education for home ownership
- Continuously being responsive to your needs
Wrigley:
- Increase funding for the Small Community Employment Program
- Creation of government service officer position
- Address the senior fuel subsidy issue
- Indigenous housing
- Look at the feasibility to build an all-weather road from Ndulee crossing to Fort Providence
- Work with Nutrition North to access the program
- Work on getting a written commitment to provide funding for training with the Mackenzie Valley Highway Project
- Working with the GNWT to get maximum benefit with the Mackenzie Valley project
- Address the municipal funding shortfall
- Four-plex for elders
- Develop a monthly schedule for social services to come into the community, helping young parents
- Address and fix the reallocation of band lands from the old community site to the new community
- Continue to address the housing commitment from the federal government (1960's)
- Work with the band to access the CPI and gas tax funding from the Department of MACA
- Receive, review, and advocate for constituent issues, territorial and federal
- Continue being responsive to your needs.