Thank you, Mr. Chairman. On many occasions, across the Northwest Territories this government has provided facilities for seniors' residences. In these three locations, at least, the government has volunteer agencies that have gotten together to put the facilities together. If the government owned and operated them, the government would spend the money for the repairs and renovations required to keep them in good shape. As it stands now, they, as Mr. Koe has pointed out, are limited in the amount of funds they can collect for the cost of running. This government doesn't come anywhere near providing them with a reasonable amount of funding to cover the cost of renovations and the capital upkeep that is required, whether it is reshingling, repainting or doing those things that are required to be done to make sure the building stays in good shape and is renovated as needed to provide the services for the people inside. In effect, this government is casting off the burden that is carried across most of the territories onto the backs of these volunteer agencies in these communities. This is not fair. The government is going to have to look at addressing the long-term implications of under-funding these three facilities because, in the long run, it is going to come back to haunt no one else but the government.
Charles Dent on Committee Motion 40-12(4): To Delete Rankin Inlet From Keewatin Region, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on November 30th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 40-12(4): To Delete Rankin Inlet From Keewatin Region, Carried
Item 18: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
November 30th, 1993
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