Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the $150,000 is a fund that's there, on a case-by-case basis, that communities can access if they have a circumstance where they're dealing with a homeless person that's in need of some kind of support or shelter that can't be provided in the community. We had a similar fund in the program last year, and it wasn't subscribed to, but one of the issues, we think, and feedback we've gotten, is that it wasn't properly communicated as well as it should be. So this year we're taking steps to ensure that communities know that there is going to be a pot of money that they can draw down in the smaller communities if there is a need on a case-by-case basis. It's not set up to be carved up among every community. We recognize as well with this funding that there are some communities that are magnet communities in a significant way, Yellowknife and Inuvik being two of the largest ones with the most transient population, and those that would be defined as absolute homeless where they have no place to stay, and they're in the community either from the regions or they come north. Hay River, as well, is included in that. So that fund is there to be drawn down on a case-by-case basis to give communities the capacity to be able to respond. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Committee Motion 5-15(4): To Delete $108,000 From The Department Of Municipal And Community Affairs, School Of Community Government Activity In Bill 11, Defeated
In the Legislative Assembly on October 26th, 2005. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 5-15(4): To Delete $108,000 From The Department Of Municipal And Community Affairs, School Of Community Government Activity In Bill 11, Defeated
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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