Thank you, Madam Chair. I don't have a lot of time left here, but you know, I just still don't see, I don't hear from his answers what he's prepared to do to make some decisions in regards to school facilities in Yellowknife. He has on his hands, I think, everybody unhappy. I just think that in the third year of his mandate as Minister, it is time for him to act on some decisions. He doesn't need to hire a chair to work with elected chairs of boards to talk about what to do about the space requirements in Yellowknife. He doesn't need any more study to tell him that the one school board needs a new school, or a new space and renovation to old buildings. Even if there was a study shown that there was no need for new schools, I could tell you that one of the schools that's there is 30 years old. That school's been there since I was a teenager, or younger. You know. I mean, chances are one of them is going to become, it's becoming a health and safety hazard, and the Minister is willing to just take a report that says we don't need a new school, and then send another group away for 10 years or whatever to talk about what they want to talk about with spacing. I mean, when is he going to act on, and what is his plan as to what to do about the demand for a new school by one board, and the overwhelming need for renovations to almost all schools in the other school board? What we ended up here is with the same money renovating one school and, well, more than the money for a new school, and then what we have is one very old school that is in desperate need of renovation that's not going to see a cent for renovations until the year 2009. He keeps wanting to have this group going just so that he can show that he's doing something about it and avoiding his decision-making. So I'd like to know from him, as a Minister with one year left in his mandate, what is his vision about the facilities issues for Yellowknife? Thank you.
Sandy Lee on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 14th, 2006. See this statement in context.
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
February 13th, 2006
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