Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, before anybody out there in the public gets the assumption that I'm misleading anyone here in the House, I just want to point out from the Hansard I read earlier today that I made it clear that these missions in regards to our plans are subject to continued support from the federal government in the amount of $50 million over two years. It's in my opening comments. So I don't want anyone out there to assume in any way I mislead this House by making that statement. The statement is clear. In order for this to proceed, we need the federal $50 million to achieve that. It's spelled out in my opening remarks. I think in regards to the Member having information that the mandate hasn't just popped up in the last couple of months. This thing has been in the process for over two years, like the Member mentioned from a letter that he pulled out of his hand in regards to my comments, that over the last year we have been in the process of working with our local housing authorities, our maintenance people, our regional directors, and also having regional meetings in the regions with the regional staff, having meetings here in Yellowknife with the territorial staff, that includes LHO, every regional director. So it's not as if we were hiding anything from anyone. This process has been going on for a very long period of time and because of the change of direction by the Government of the Northwest Territories in regards to the social component of our responsibility, which is now devolved to the Department of Education, that we will continue to manage property in the Northwest Territories for the wellbeing of the residents of the Northwest Territories. So I would just like to point that out for the record. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
David Krutko on Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
In the Legislative Assembly on February 6th, 2006. See this statement in context.
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Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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