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Debates of Feb. 7th, 2006
This is page numbers 793 - 842 of the Hansard for the 15th Assembly, 4th 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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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
I'm sorry, Mr. Chairman, I didn't hear the answer. Has there been a cost yet attached to that consultation process on the mandate?
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. The answer from the Minister was no. Mrs. Groenewegen.
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That is troubling to me because that is something that we have had a commitment on a fairly tight time frame on, that this extensive consultation is going to take place and I don't think it's going to be without significant cost and if the NWT Housing Corporation is paying for that, it's just good planning to try to assess what that's going to cost and have that in some kind of a budget. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the review of the committee falls outside my mandate. It's now in the hands of the Executive. The committee is headed by the Department of Executive, along with two other departments in which Mr. Anderson is part of the review committee. Presently the review will be done, which will be overseen by the Executive.
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Is the Minister aware of a budget in someone else's department with respect to a price tag on this consultation? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. We will go to Minister Roland for that response. Minister Roland.
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Floyd Roland Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the initial layout of the process we are going to undertake is we are using internal resources to deal with this. We haven't set aside a budget, so to speak, on the consultation to go around. As reported, it's to report back in a couple of months and work with Members. So we haven't set aside or identified a budget; for example, travel to communities and so on. We'll be using existing resources from within departments. Thank you.
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Jane Groenewegen Hay River South
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Housing Corporation had indicated that they were going to be doing community consultation on the construction of new units, which appear in the budget. Now supposing their budget gets approved, they're going to want to talk to communities about that. That's another type of consultation, albeit on a different subject. Is there any way of combining the consultation on both of these topics to save money? Thank you.
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David Krutko Mackenzie Delta
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in regards to our consultation and in regards to community consultation, usually they are done by our district staff in which they go into the different
communities, sit down with the LHOs and the people in the community and see exactly how we're going to deliver our programs, but those are done in consultation with the communities. Again, the consultation that's being done in looking at our mandate, again, handled through the executive, and I think that I'm not too sure exactly what the process is, but they are in charge of that process. So if they want to work in conjunction with what they do, I think the avenue is there.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you, Mr. Minister. Back to general comments. Nobody else on the list. General comments. Is committee agreed we go into detail.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Agreed. I'll draw your attention to the main estimates book, page 8-11. Yes, thank you, committee. We'll defer the operations expenditures summary on page 8-7, we'll start on page 8-11, activity summary, NWT Housing Corporation, operations expenditure summary, 2006-2007 main estimates, $36.828 million.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Thank you. Page 8-12, NWT Housing Corporation, information, active positions. Any questions?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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The Chair David Ramsay
Agreed. Thank you. Page 8-15, another information item, NWT Housing Corporation, corporate summary, operations expenditure summary, any questions?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.