Mr. Speaker, it is not so much about the cost; it is about the waste of money. The fact is the house will be sitting between four and five years completely empty and there is no guarantee the next Commissioner of the Northwest Territories will be taking up residency in there, regardless if they are from Yellowknife or any other jurisdiction in NWT. Mr. Speaker, my question is simple. Would the Minister be able to work with the cross-Cabinet officials, depending on whether it is the Minister of Finance or even the Premier’s office, about looking and evaluating the offer made by Bob Engle a couple of years ago to this very government about accepting his house for a tax credit and perhaps maybe using the money and the proceeds of the present Commissioner’s house in sales to fix up that house for a proper regal house deserving of the people of the Northwest Territories that are represented? Thank you.
Robert Hawkins on Question 533-16(5): Sale Of Commissioner’s House
In the Legislative Assembly on February 24th, 2011. See this statement in context.
Question 533-16(5): Sale Of Commissioner’s House
Oral Questions
February 23rd, 2011
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