Madam Chair, almost every Minister here is scrambling right now because almost everyone wants to add something. I'm hearing that there are a number of projects that are underway to support moving elders out of Yellowknife and back to their regions, that there are aging-in-place retrofits being looked at for the smaller centres across the Northwest Territories. I'm being reminded, also, that the committee will be seeing, hopefully, a draft of the 2021-2022 Capital Plan by July. Once they see that capital plan, there will be an opportunity for Members from across the Northwest Territories to determine whether or not the plan at that point reflects the projects that they think are reflective of the priorities of the Assembly and they can certainly, at that point, as well, have the questions in place to every department about what steps they are taking to ensure that elders are in fact aging-in-place, simply calling in action on what was said earlier in the House. There may well be a motion on this very issue or a version or a related matter later in this week. In terms of the review of the supplementary estimates and the infrastructure carry-overs, Madam Chair, I'm not sure that this is an opportunity for me to do very much right now, other than to say that this project was approved by the last Assembly and there is some unspent money that they're asking to carry over. Unless there is a motion to change that, which I don't think that is what I am hearing from the Member, I think he is suggesting to us that we need to do things differently going forward. As I said, there was quite a scramble here of everyone saying the things that they are already doing to do things differently going forward, including the fact that this draft plan for the capital expenditures is coming forward to committee probably next month. I think it's very apparent to us that we should be expecting to be answering questions on what in that Capital Plan will be there to support elders in the smaller communities. I'll leave it at that. Thanks, Madam Chair.
Caroline Wawzonek on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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