Thank you, Mr. Chair. There has been incremental funding for the emergency shelters program transferred through from the Department of ECE, specifically $397,000 in that area. There has also been an increase in the TSC chargebacks budget post establishment of the IT shared services, and that specific dollar amount was $234,000. Thank you.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you for that. I understand that recently there was an agreement to transfer homelessness from ECE to the Housing Corporation. Is that reflected in these mains? Thank you.
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Alfred Moses Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, that's the emergency shelters program. Our thinking around that was to have all programs under one department so it will be easier for applications to be processed with our partnerships. Thank you.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, and so there is an increase in spending on the homelessness shelters forecasted for the next fiscal year. Can you tell me what that money is going to pay for? Thank you.
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Martin
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. About $397,000 was allocated to support the shelters with additional staffing. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you. So this is not a pilot program; this is ongoing staffing costs that we will see in every budget going forward. Is that correct? Thank you.
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Alfred Moses Inuvik Boot Lake
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, that is correct, and we can also look at providing more detail for the Member in terms of how those dollars are going to be spent throughout the territory in our funded shelters. Thank you.
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Julie Green Yellowknife Centre
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Sure, I will take the Minister up on that. If he would like to give an overview of how that money is distributed and what those positions are about, it would be useful. Thank you.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I guess this has been something I've been asking for the last two or three years, anyway: can the Minister provide an update on the RCMP housing projects? Has any construction begun, and what's the status of the work? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Martin
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, the Housing Corporation continues to work very closely with the Department of Justice as well as the RCMP. Previous updates provided: we indicated that the RCMP was going through the final stages of their federal approvals that were required. We have gone through numerous meetings, obviously, to get to this point. We were pleased to be advised that the RCMP did bring forward their required submission to the treasury board. We understand that it was supported with a couple of conditions. We are meeting with the RCMP tomorrow, actually, and Department of Justice to review those follow-up conditions, and we are hoping that, once those are satisfied, we will be able to move ahead with construction potentially as early as this spring. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
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Shane Thompson Nahendeh
Thank you. Can the Minister make a commitment to committee that they will provide an update once they find out what's going on so committee is aware? Thank you.