Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, I think this is really good. It's good for our young people, especially some young people who, you know, are into high performance sports. And I know there are some youth that go to Yellowknife and some of these parents, they need funding to transport to go to Yellowknife. It costs money to come to Yellowknife and wait for your child while the child plays sports. And it's not just that only, but hockey equipment, you know. I know quite a few years ago, there was lots of hockey players and now we don't have as many, and I know that hockey equipment they are expensive to maintain, to buy. And if we have more sports program in the communities, we know youth are going to be busy, and they're going to be -- you know, they're going to stay out of trouble because I can tell you that in my community, we were without sport -- sport's complex for about almost ten years, and there's a group of kids that grew up without having that facility in place, and many of these youth, the only sports activities that they had access to was at the school, you know, so there's a school volley ball. So all the kids sign up, volleyball, soccer, you know those were -- that what kept our young people busy. So you can feel, see the impact of those youth missing out that ten years, you know, when we -- when we were without sportsplex. So I think this is really good because -- so people, families, single parents, two income family because of the high cost of living and some of them are not able to buy this equipment. So it's going to help families. So I really do like this motion, and I do support it too as well. Thank you.
Jane Weyallon Armstrong on Committee Motion 422-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Access to Sports, Carried
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Committee Motion 422-19(2): Committee Report 47-19(2): Homelessness Prevention: Supporting Pathways to Housing NWT Residents - Access to Sports, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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