Mr. Speaker, there is a combination of two ways that we will be distributing these houses. One, the primary one, and as always, is the need of each individual community, the number of applicants and those that are eligible. That number will be combined with the relative need of that community. That is to say a small community which has an urgent need for a small number of houses will be treated as fairly as a larger community with a need for a bigger number of houses. We will ensure that each community gets its fair share.
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In regards to the distribution, I would like to ask the Minister, do they have numbers in relation to how this distribution is going to work, especially in relation to the smaller communities versus the larger centres? Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 394-13(4): Plan 2000
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Arlooktoo.
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
Mr. Speaker, what I can provide the Member is a distribution list of houses that we were planning to build for this year using the existing programs. That will give you an indication of what the distribution will be like. Although the difference would be with this new program, there will be more houses built. I will ensure that the Member gets that listing. The final list will depend on the number of eligible applicants from each community, but I would think because we will have more applicants than the packages that we can offer, we will end up ensuring each community is given its fair share based on its relative need.
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The whole question of need, will the Minister also consider looking at the number of individuals who have been on waiting lists for a number of years with their applications, to access these units in which, in some cases as in my riding I believe, in the last couple of years we have been getting one, two houses allocated. Yet you have 20 to 30 people on these waiting lists to have their names put forth year after year after year. Because of limited houses being distributed, we were not able to get their names. Will you consider looking at the previous lists of applicants versus applicants for today?
Supplementary To Question 394-13(4): Plan 2000
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Arlooktoo.
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
Mr. Speaker, certainly the waiting list will be part of the consideration but even with this initiative which increases the number of houses, we will not meet the demand. If his community has traditionally been getting three to four houses each in the last few years, I would imagine that the next couple of years you would get six to eight new houses each year for the next three years.
Further Return To Question 394-13(4): Plan 2000
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In regards to the Mackenzie Delta region, we feel we have been not getting our fair share in regards to the houses. Yet the demand is high. Could the Minister give me the information on exactly how many units we are looking at for that region? If you are saying it is going to be six or eight, ten will do. Thank you.
Supplementary To Question 394-13(4): Plan 2000
Question 394-13(4): Plan 2000
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Arlooktoo.
Further Return To Question 394-13(4): Plan 2000
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Goo Arlooktoo Baffin South
Mr. Speaker, in the last few days I have been getting similar requests from just about all the other MLAs. What I will say again, the distribution will be based on need, on the number of eligible applicants. We will be as fair as possible. We know where the need is. We will fairly distribute what little we have.
Further Return To Question 394-13(4): Plan 2000
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Enuaraq.
Question 395-13(4): Unpaid Work From Fox 2 Program
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Tommy Enuaraq Baffin Central
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my Member's statement, I talked about two people from Broughton Island who have never been paid for the work they did in Fox 2 in
1969. There was a commitment made by the Commissioner at the time to resolve this issue. Will the Premier agree to try to find a way to live up to the commitment made years ago on behalf of this government? Thank you.
Question 395-13(4): Unpaid Work From Fox 2 Program
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
The Premier.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That commitment made by the former Stu Hodgson, Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, was some time ago. It would take some research to look into that issue. I would be pleased to work with the Member to look into the issue and see if there is anything we can do to relieve that problem. I could not commit today to him. I will talk to the Member for Yellowknife Centre as well. He may remember something about that. He was working with Mr. Hodgson then. We can check back in the files and see if there is anyway we can solve this issue. Thank you.
Return To Question 395-13(4): Unpaid Work From Fox 2 Program
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Mr. Ootes.
Question 396-13(4): Affirmative Action
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My comments and questions are for the Premier and they are on affirmative action. We had several Members speak on this subject this morning. One reference was to the fact that we have middle and senior management that are non-aboriginal and of the deputy ministers there is a large percentage who are non-aboriginal. I would just like to make reference, Mr. Speaker, to the fact that this House is composed of six non-aboriginal Members and the remaining are aboriginal. Cabinet is composed of a majority of aboriginal Members. I think there is a reason why there are not many aboriginal deputy ministers. I agree that it needs to be addressed. However, I think to single out these people and imply they should not be there, perhaps, we should have already filled those positions with aboriginal people is subject to question, Mr. Speaker. I made reference the other day to some comments and statistics. What I would like to know, if the Premier could tell me and I am interested, as I am sure as other Members are, in more statistical information in this whole area, has the government done any analysis of the government itself as to where we have percentages of aboriginal employees and affirmative action employees? Are those statistics available to us?
Question 396-13(4): Affirmative Action
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Premier.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, the government has done that work and those statistics if you do not have them already, we will make them available to you. Thank you.
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Question 396-13(4): Affirmative Action
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ootes.
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would appreciate it if the Premier could pass on those statistics to me. My concern is that those statistics identify very specifically an analysis of each department and what type of employees are employed there and the positions and what has been filled. I wonder if the Premier could tell me if it has been done to that extent.
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Question 396-13(4): Affirmative Action
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan
Mr. Morin.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, the work has been done to that extent because we need these numbers and statistics when we also review deputy's performance. I do that every year. I have already written to the deputies to make them aware that this is a very major issue to our government about aboriginal and long-term northerners, those that fall in affirmative action, that I will be specifically reviewing those issues with them when I review their performance. I needed those statistics as well from previous years, so we can see how they are being advanced. As well, we will be talking to the deputies very shortly and I will be doing it in writing as well, how we can develop a plan of employment and training to increase those statistics. Thank you.