Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I doubt that the benefit is $100,000. It is a very old building that we are talking about. The cost of utilities is probably a lot higher than what would be the case in a more modern facility. That facility is operated out of that building since far before my term as Minister. It is a situation that has developed over time where this one operator was in a facility. The government had a spare facility at the time and offered it to a non-profit organization to run a day care out of. In the intervening years, there have been a number of other operators that have come and started up. We can certainly have a look at the issue. Obviously, if we are talking about having to charge rents to everybody, we will have to take a look at phasing in a rental increase. We would also have to take a look at the other operations across the Northwest Territories. There are, Mr. Speaker, a substantial number of operations across the Territories using space in either government-owned schools or college facilities. We could certainly take a look at what the impacts might be of ensuring that the government is absolutely equitable to everybody. Thank you.
Charles Dent on Question 383-15(4): Non-profit Day Cares In The Nwt
In the Legislative Assembly on February 10th, 2006. See this statement in context.
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