Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, Mr. Ootes.
Debates of March 7th, 2003
This is page numbers 579 - 610 of the Hansard for the 14th Assembly, 6th Session. The original version can be accessed on the Legislative Assembly's website or by contacting the Legislative Assembly Library. The word of the day was going.
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Supplementary To Question 183-14(6): Declarations Of Income For Income Support Purposes
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Further Return To Question 183-14(6): Declarations Of Income For Income Support Purposes
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Mr. Speaker, if the Member can bring me a specific case, then maybe I can deal with that, but he's being very hypothetical about his illustrations. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Further Return To Question 183-14(6): Declarations Of Income For Income Support Purposes
Question 183-14(6): Declarations Of Income For Income Support Purposes
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Supplementary To Question 183-14(6): Declarations Of Income For Income Support Purposes
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Steven Nitah Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Is it staff policy to investigate when someone else informs him of earnings outside of the income support program of income support clientele? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 183-14(6): Declarations Of Income For Income Support Purposes
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Further Return To Question 183-14(6): Declarations Of Income For Income Support Purposes
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Jake Ootes Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The process for applying for income support, Mr. Speaker, is for the client to come into the office to apply for income support and there's usually a procedure that's followed to ask what income was received the previous month and that determines the amount of income for the individual. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 183-14(6): Declarations Of Income For Income Support Purposes
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Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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March 6th, 2003
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Roger Allen. Mr. Speaker, earlier this week, the Minister indicated that all housing clients are treated the same by himself and the department. I would like to ask the Minister if he could expand on that. Could he clarify what he meant by that? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Return To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Currently, public housing tenants who are in public housing through the NWT Housing Corporation have their income based on rent geared to income. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Return To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Supplementary To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister if he could tell me if there is any commitment by the Housing Corporation to aboriginal people for aboriginal housing? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Further Return To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are committed to a fair process. We are committed to Aboriginals. We are committed to non-aboriginals. Mr. Speaker, I may verify that by stating in this House that each year it costs this government $35 million to support public housing while, on a pro forma basis, we only collect between $2.7 million and $2.9 million on rent recoveries. So that indicates to this House very clearly that we are committed to providing adequate housing to all residents of the NWT and we will continue to do so. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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Further Return To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Supplementary To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I hear no mention of the federal transfer agreement that we have with the federal government that clearly states we should be providing affordable housing to aboriginal people of the NWT. Can the Minister tell me if that document exists? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Supplementary To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Further Return To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Accordingly, we do have a social housing agreement with the federal government. It's built into our business plans and I am not sure when the last agreement was signed, but during my tenure as the Minister, we did sign another subsequent agreement called the affordable housing agreement. There are several processes we have concurred with, Mr. Speaker.
Further Return To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Supplementary To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Michael McLeod Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister if he would table that document in this House. It's information that's relevant to an initiative that his department is spearheading that's supposed to be very harmonic, but I think is out of tune at this point. Would the Minister table that document?
Supplementary To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Further Return To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If it's not already tabled, I am prepared to table the social housing agreement. Thank you.
Further Return To Question 184-14(6): Treatment Of Public Housing Clients
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Question 185-14(6): Summer Student Employment Guidelines
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Paul Delorey Hay River North
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will address my question to the honourable Premier and it's to do with our youth going to post-secondary education in the South and how they come back to the North and gain employment with the Government of the Northwest Territories. I would like to know from the Premier, if there is a set of guidelines in place, what the proper process is for students to apply for employment with the Government of the Northwest Territories.
Question 185-14(6): Summer Student Employment Guidelines
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