Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, over the last number of months there was a committee struck involving representatives from Health and Social Services, Housing Corporation, the community of Deline, and the Sahtu health and social services, to look at the uses for the Deline facility. At the end of this exercise, it was recommended two things. That based on the work of that committee, and as well a review that was done of all the seniors in the regions, that we should look at trying to improve home care, which was the first request of all the seniors, and we should look at trying to use the Deline facility as an office space to bring together the community wellness programs in the community. That report with their recommendations went to ourselves, Housing, and back to the community of Deline, which agreed to those recommendations. The issue now at hand is the fact that to do that will require a significant amount of money, in the neighbourhood of a million dollars or so. So there were two choices: we could either wait for the regular capital planning process in '07-08, or we could attempt to talk to the Housing Corporation and work out an arrangement possibly where they would do the tenant improvements and there would be a lease arrangement from Health and Social Services, and that is what has happened on the 14th of February. Madam Chair, with your indulgence, I'll let the deputy, who was at that meeting, speak to the detail. Thank you.
Michael Miltenberger on Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 20th, 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 19th, 2006
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