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Further Return To Question 26-13(8): Minimum Down Payment Assistance Program
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

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Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess I did not make that question clear enough. Part of the objectives of the MDAPP program were to encourage people to take up permanent residency in the Northwest Territories and to purchase homes here. How many of those 555 families, even approximately, just give us a ballpark figure, were related to that particular objective? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 26-13(8): Minimum Down Payment Assistance Program
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Roland.

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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for that clarification. I misunderstood your earlier question. From the questionnaire, the information that they received, they were able to extrapolate that approximately 22 percent of those that used the MDAPP program moved from southern Canada into the Northwest Territories within the last two years. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Final Supplementary, Mrs. Groenewegen.

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Jane Groenewegen

Jane Groenewegen Hay River

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there is one statistic in the Minister's report here which I find just a little bit, I do not want to say misleading, what other word could I use, we will not use that word, but it is interesting that 555 families in 16 NWT communities became homeowners. This leads the reader to believe that this was a widely taken up program and that it was a widespread benefit to quite a number of northern communities. If the real statistics were actually included in this, what would it look like? Thank you.

Supplementary To Question 26-13(8): Minimum Down Payment Assistance Program
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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Roland.

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Floyd Roland

Floyd Roland Inuvik

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the information we provided in my Minister's statement states that families within 16 communities used the program. Yes, I have stated, department officials have stated, that the largest uptake has been in the larger centres such as Yellowknife, Inuvik, Hay River, Fort Smith, Norman Wells. We have had for example in Enterprise, one home was purchased through the MDAPP. Fort McPherson, Fort Good Hope and Nahanni Butte, communities of that nature have used the program. Again, as I stated earlier, and in a previous Session to this it was brought up, the fact that this program was benefiting the larger communities and we have said that was not a fact. There have been 16 communities that families have used this program to purchase homes and we have been open and up

front about that. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Mr. Ootes.

Jake Ootes

Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for Mr. Miltenberger, the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. During the last Session, Mr. Speaker, I asked the Minister a number of questions about the departments adult education initiatives and the Minister, I specifically refer to a meeting that we had attended here in Yellowknife, where the Minister was good enough to attend with the four Yellowknife MLAs, with a group of adult educators here in our community. There was some concern expressed there about a number of matters. In any event, the Minister stated that a workshop was planned for August and that a review was being done and a plan developed. I wonder if the Minister could tell me if a workshop has been held and what may have been the results of that?

The Speaker Samuel Gargan

The Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Miltenberger.

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Attempts were made in August to try and organize the meetings that had been planned, but due to summer holidays for various parties it never did happen. There are two meetings planned for this month. One with the department and all the NGOs and one with the NGOs to discuss the issues and try to move forward on the matters that were raised back in June. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ootes.

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Jake Ootes

Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Another concern at the time was predetermined funding for organizations, year to year funding was a concern. At the end of the year or near the end of the year a lot of these organizations do not know whether they will be able to obtain funding for the following year and it results in the layoff of staff. It was another item that the adult educators brought up at this meeting. I wonder if the Minister could tell me if he has been able to address that issue.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Miltenberger.

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is our intent as a department to, in fact, look at the issue of multi-year funding with an eye towards accommodating that request, recognizing the very problems that my colleague has raised in terms of uncertainty, inability to plan and pressures on staff who are never sure whether they are going to be extended one year to the next. We recognize that is an issue and we are trying to address that with the funds that we have available. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Ootes.

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Jake Ootes

Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, referring back to my original question with regard to the approach in adult education, could the Minister tell me if he is looking at a comprehensive approach to adult education throughout the territory? I am familiar with the Yellowknife situation, but my understanding is that it may be similar in all of the areas. I wonder if the Minister could tell me, he mentioned that they are looking at meeting here to look at some of the issues here in Yellowknife, but is this going to be applied across the Territories so we get a comprehensive policy being developed.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Miltenberger.

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is another good point that my colleague raises and, in fact, yes, we are moving ahead with that commitment to look at adult basic education curriculum and reviewing the current policies with an eye towards trying to make sure that they are integrated and standardized. I have seen the first draft of the document that has been put together by the education, culture and employment staff. We would anticipate in the next few weeks hopefully to have something to be put on the table to discuss with the people that are involved in the business. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Final supplementary, Mr. Ootes.

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Jake Ootes

Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I wonder if the Minister could advise, once they have a comprehensive plan if they could consult the stakeholders. Naturally the people in my community would be very interested in possibly providing advice and input into this. Could he tell me if he could pass it on once they have a comprehensive document of some sort if they could consult with the stakeholders?

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Mr. Miltenberger.

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Michael Miltenberger

Michael Miltenberger Thebacha

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In fact, it is a working group of government officials and some NGO staff that are working on this particular review and document. There is an intent to make sure that once we have a working document that it gets circulated and we do get a chance for some feedback from the people that are in the field. Thank you.

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The Speaker Samuel Gargan

Oral questions. Mr. Krutko.