This is page numbers 1715 - 1769 of the Hansard for the 15th Assembly, 3rd 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 housing.

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Sandy Lee

Sandy Lee Range Lake

Well, I have to say that obviously there has been some misunderstanding about what I'm saying. If we want to spend money having the Minister travel all over the place, we should at least budget it right. We can't have a policy where the Minister completely disregards the budget for travel and just goes wherever and just ignores the budget. They can just travel as much as they want. I could tell you, I know Mr. Krutko has been around, he's very well known. A lot of people know him. He knows exactly what's going on in communities. So don't tell me he needs to spend $100,000 to see what's happening with the elders. I think it was not that long ago when in Tuktoyaktuk or Sachs Harbour the people were really offended that a Justice official chartered a plane to come all the way to their community to tell them that they weren't going to get funding. I'm telling you, the elders or anybody in the communities would rather you bring housing than somebody coming and asking you what your problems are.

I'm talking about budgeting here. If you're going to spend $100,000, say it. Bring it to the House. We'll approve it. Don't tell us you're going to spend $36,000 and then spend $98,000 and then be rewarded by putting in $98,000 next year. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Okay. We're on page 8-17, executive, operations expenditure summary, $618,000.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Page 8-19, policy, programs and informatics, operations expenditure summary, $1.832 million.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Page 8-21, finance and administration, operations expenditure summary, $6.403 million.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Page 8-22, finance and administration, grants and contributions, contributions, total contributions, $3.59 million.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Page 8-25, debt repayment, operations expenditure summary, $13.013 million.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair David Ramsay

Page 8-27, human resources, operations expenditure summary, $658,000.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Page 8-29, operations, operations expenditure summary, $4.101 million.

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Some Hon. Members

Agreed.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Page 8-30. Mr. Zoe and then Ms. Lee.

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Henry Zoe

Henry Zoe North Slave

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Under district operations I think the Minister knows, but I want to reiterate the need for the district personnel to do frequent visits to the communities that they serve on a more scheduled manner. I would like to see this. Right now most of the programs are administered out of the district office and the level of consultation and meetings with clients is sporadic right now and I'm hoping the district office will improve on that. As the Minister may know, we ran into that particular problem, especially in Rae, where the clients were dissatisfied with the services coming out of the district office. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. Mr. Krutko.

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David Krutko

David Krutko Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I have identified this problem with headquarters and, as part of our review of the mandate of the corporation, we are looking at how we deliver programs and services and also how our headquarters and regional operations operate. Also making it more user-friendly so it does serve the people it's supposed to serve while also doing it in such a way that we're able to get better results. I think, from my experience, you get a lot of frustrated people usually when you go to communities for meetings. In most cases it's just simple communication. It's not there. I think I've made that loud and clear to the headquarters staff and that is definitely one of the things we're looking at in the mandate review of the corporation. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Zoe.

Committee Motion 26-15(3): Recommendation To Evaluate And Restructure The Market Housing Initiative, Carried
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Henry Zoe

Henry Zoe North Slave

Once again, thank you, Mr. Chairman. Because of the previous problems we experienced, even if the district office personnel have to stay there a couple of nights or rather than just going in, especially in Rae, Mr. Chairman, because we're on a road system the tendency for the staff is they go in in the morning after they go to their office and then come back at 5:00. It doesn't leave that much time to deal with the clients. There are services available to accommodate them in those types of facilities and they could stay to do a good chunk of their workload. If they could at least notify the LHO that they're coming in way ahead of time so that they could line up the various clients they have to see. If we could make these types of improvements, I'm sure that your office would not have that many headaches. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. Mr. Krutko.

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David Krutko

David Krutko Mackenzie Delta

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I have definitely been lobbying that we do get these universal partnership agreements signed with bands or communities that don't have a local housing authority present, and for them to hire people to be the contact people in communities so they can be the ears and mouth of the people. Then they can talk to people in Yellowknife, they can tell them when the meetings are going to be held, when these people are coming in and ensuring that these people follow up on the applications that these individuals help the clients put together. Again, that's another way we're working on improving our communication. Like I said, this is one of the main components of the mandate change that we're looking at to improve the service that has been provided by the corporation to the clients in all communities. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair David Ramsay

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Mr. Zoe.

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Henry Zoe

Henry Zoe North Slave

Just one more suggestion or recommendation to the Minister on district operations. Mr. Chairman, a lot of the clients in my area raise a big concern where the district people when they are there, they communicate verbally, but there's nothing put on paper of the discussion that has taken place. Then once the district people have gone back home, the clients receive a letter totally different than what was discussed or agreed to and they're frustrated by these type of things. I wonder if the Minister would make sure when he's reviewing this, that this type of documentation takes place so both parties know exactly what was agreed to or what the process is going to be or the amount of their application, or whatever the need may be. I mean, that was one of the frustrations the clients were encountering. The Minister is well aware of it because there are a couple of clients that raised it with him when we met with the Minister. So if that type of thing would be resolved, I'm sure we can go a long way. Thank you.