Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Does that include all 33 communities in the Northwest Territories or are these just strictly in the larger centres?
Debates of July 5th, 2000
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Committee Motion 19-14(3): Recommendation That The GNWT Not Make Any Further Reductions In Funding To The Northwest Territories Transportation System (carried)
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Committee Motion 19-14(3): Recommendation That The GNWT Not Make Any Further Reductions In Funding To The Northwest Territories Transportation System (carried)
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Mr. Allen.
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Mr. Chairman, for the record and for the Members' interest, I am going to just give an example here.
In Fort Good Hope in the year 2000-2001, we will be constructing eight new units in Fort Good Hope, four units in Tulita, four units in Paulatuk, four units in Tsiigehtchic, for a total of 20 units.
Aside from that, next year we will be developing five units in Dettah and another 11 units in Tuktoyaktuk. So those are some of the examples of where the units will be constructed. Thank you.
Committee Motion 19-14(3): Recommendation That The GNWT Not Make Any Further Reductions In Funding To The Northwest Territories Transportation System (carried)
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Minister did not answer my question. My question is will they be going into all 33 communities in the Northwest Territories?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Allen.
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Mr. Chairman, my apologies. I misunderstood the question. Yes, we will be traveling to all the communities in Northwest Territories to assess what the community needs are.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I meant actual building construction of seniors homes in all of our communities in the Northwest Territories. Will there be community structure of these facilities in each community in the Northwest Territories? Will the 33 communities have this type of construction in them?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Mr. Allen.
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe we are, now, on the same wavelength. No, not all communities need seniors' housing, so we are just addressing those who are in need. Thank you.
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Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can the Minister tell me if there is any communities in my riding, the Mackenzie Delta, which do not need seniors' units?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Mr. Allen.
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. From our knowledge, we know Tsiigehtchic needed four units. We have decided to construct those four units this summer. Aklavik and Fort McPherson informed us they did not need further seniors' units. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regard to the statistics that basically the elderly population is probably one of the fastest growing populations in our communities and in light of the, two communities, Aklavik and Fort McPherson, being two of the largest communities in my riding, the facility in Fort McPherson, the elders unit, is pretty run down. It has been quite a few years since it has been constructed and in Aklavik they have the level three unit, which is sort of a health care unit for seniors. You mentioned the 90 units and 20 are going to be built within the next year. When will the communities have an opportunity to access these units if, right now, you have already seemed to have made up your mind on which communities will get them and which ones will not?
Again, it is a question about improving the quality of life of seniors because the unit in Fort McPherson, a lot the seniors do not want to go there because of the condition of the building. There has always been a request to have that replaced and put something in its place. So I would like to know, when will the communities have the ability or the opportunity to put forth a proposal or a submission on what they figure their needs are and what the needs of the department is?
Committee Motion 19-14(3): Recommendation That The GNWT Not Make Any Further Reductions In Funding To The Northwest Territories Transportation System (carried)
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Allen.
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I can assure the Member that we can reexamine the needs in Fort McPherson. I am not too sure about Aklavik because that is a dual-type of facility there and it looks like it is now, from my understanding, not fully utilized. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just getting back to the Alaska situation. Can the Minister make available the contract that they have in regard to the agreement in Alaska?
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Allen.
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We will make that available to the Member. Thank you.
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The Chair Leon Lafferty
Thank you. Mr. Krutko.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Has the department considered making any new inroads with the federal government? It does not seem like there is any new funding coming by way of the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation. Also, a large portion of the debt that this government is carrying is because of the Housing Corporation and the obligations we have taken on with the transfer of housing from CMHC.
Has the Minister made any attempt or is there any possibility of new arrangements being made with the federal government? Are we finding new initiatives that we can try in regards to how we can access social housing, since you mentioned that aboriginal housing was one area we could have gone to.
For some reason, we have been rejected. I, for one, feel that there again, aboriginal First Nations should have the right or the ability to get into the business of housing their own people. I know for a fact that in other areas of Canada, such as the Metis settlements in Alberta, they administer their own housing programs. You have the self-government agreements in the Yukon as well where they administer housing.
I am just wondering, when will this government seriously try to find new ways or new initiatives to either not totally get out of housing, but give up those areas where groups, such as First Nations governments, will probably have a better chance of delivering those programs and services for their First Nations people?