Thank you, Mr. Martin. Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.
Debates of Oct. 30th, 2020
This is page numbers 1523 - 1562 of the Hansard for the 19th Assembly, 2nd 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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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Steve Norn Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh
Thank you. I am disappointed to see the other communities in my riding not in this, like Ndilo, Detah, Lutselk'e. I know, a lot of us in the small communities, we get a lot of housing complaints, a lot of them, and it doesn't ever stop. You are always advocating for these types of things, and that's why we're here. Again, it's a bit frustrating, and we do get a lot of these programs turned down. A lot of my constituents get turned down for things like the CARE and SAFE programs. It gets a little bit disheartening, but like I said, I don't take no for an answer the first time. I keep plugging for it, and that's what I'm here for. This is more of a comment, but I've noticed so far, through all our capital estimates, that you see a lot of offsets from the federal government here. My question for the Minister is: why don't we see more of that in these line items? It's very curious. Marsi cho.
Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. Just to be clear, with the Member's question, is that additional federal funding that he is asking about? If he could just clarify.
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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. We have federal engagements, and the federal funding that we do have is for the structure of our cost savings for our units, as well. It is not identified as we do apply to the federal government, and it's not included in the estimates that we have provided. I will defer the question over to Mr. Martin. Thank you.
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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Martin
Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes. The delivery proposed for 2021-2022, the capital projects set out, the Housing Corporation is proposing to recover $1 million in 2021-2022 from the current investments proposed under the Low Carbon Economy Fund. That is an example of where we will be leveraging additional federal dollars. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Steve Norn Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh
Thank you. I just had a quick question. I know it's not so much this, but are we expecting to see more retrofits forecasted in terms of more of these retrofits in my riding? Marsi cho.
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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. I can provide the Member with the list, the current list that is to be delivered in 2021-2022. We do have plans to be doing additional work in Detah, Ndilo, and Lutselk'e for 2021-2022. I also wanted to add that we are working within COVID, as well, so we are working with the restrictions of the communities. A lot of our projects have been delayed because they didn't want new people entering into their communities, but I will keep you updated and provide a document to you. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Steve Norn Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh
Thank you. That is encouraging to hear. I did have one other question, too. When I do my constituency visits, it really pains me to see, like I said, when you have existing buildings and infrastructure there that are not being used as best as they can. You still see a lot of abandoned buildings, and you know they used to be NWTHC assets or probably still are. I can count at least four or five occasions when I was walking around in Lutselk'e and Deninu Kue that I've seen that. What are the plans for buildings that are deemed abandoned? What is the threshold where they are deemed abandoned or they cannot be salvaged? Marsi cho.
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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. The Housing Corporation does have something similar to asset management, so we do look at the lifetime of our buildings, and we do have a demolition process, as well. One of the things that the Housing Corporation does do, because land is limited, as well, we administer our buildings. If they are beyond economic repair, we will demolish those buildings, and we will end up replacing them. As our budget is rolling out, it would depend on the amount of money and funding that we will be receiving that year. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Steve Norn Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh
If I could just get something in writing, too. If there is a list of buildings slated for demolition, that would be good for our communities to know. Like I said, a lot of these buildings, they are eyesores, and nobody wants to see that. It's always good to keep our stock updated and keep them up to date. That's all I have for now. Thank you. If I have more questions, I'll forward them when ready. Marsi cho.
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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. I will provide the Member with a list of the demolition and the inventory that we have in his riding. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Kevin O'Reilly Frame Lake
Thanks, Madam Chair. If I did my math correctly on page 66, it looks like there are going to be 104 retrofits and nine new units. The nine new units seem to be in Inuvik. Can someone tell me: is that RCMP housing, or is that housing that is going to be made available to residents? Thanks, Madam Chair.
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Committee Motion 45-19(2): Tabled Document 181-19(2): Capital Estimates 2021-2022 - Infrastructure - Deferral of Department (page 40), carried
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. That would be our RCMP units. I will have Mr. Martin elaborate on the program delivery. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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