Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, working for the GNWT is filled with many surprises, but I think showing up at work one day only to be told that the building you are working in is at risk of structural collapse and that you need to pack up your files immediately and get out, is beyond what any employee should expect or consider reasonable.

That's exactly, Mr. Speaker, the situation that 57 Inuvik employees who, until yesterday were working in the Perry Building, find themselves in. Employees should not have to worry about their building falling down around them.

Recent events in Inuvik have brought the safety of GNWT workers and the public into question. First we had to close down Samuel Hearne School because the foyer collapsed. Then before the school year even started, we had to close it again because of the fear of the building collapsing. Now the parents of some of the students who have been forced out of their school are now being forced out and abandoned from their workplace because of the danger of a collapsing building. When is it going to stop, Mr. Speaker?

I find it very ironic that just last August, during our pre-budget consultation, a resident in Inuvik brought up the poor state of the GNWT's buildings. She said to us, just walk around. Do they make you feel proud? Well, Mr. Speaker, they certainly don't make me feel very proud. I will have questions for the Minister of Public Works at the appropriate time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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