Thank you, Mr. Chair, happy to do so. Mr. Chair, obviously this summer there was a situation in Yellowknife where a number of folks who are underhoused were living in tents and the numbers surrounding homelessness and underhoused individuals in Yellowknife seemed to take a rather significant increase as a result of which one of the positives that came from that experience was that the Departments of Executive and Indigenous Affairs, Health and Social Services, were able to work with the non-government sector that provides a number of services, work with this community to determine what some of the different needs of this population were. Some folks prefer to be not in a formalized situation and others were in a position to look for the opportunity to be in transitional housing. Having done that work, there was a quick effort to determine that the Salvation Army would be capable of undertaking another eight beds with some increased capacity. There was an opportunity with another non-profit here in the city to work with them to establish an on-the-land camp outside of the city for individuals who would like a more stable location with sobriety at the core. And those are solutions -- the eight beds in the Salvation Army stands, but being outside of the city for some 30 or so people, that is only going to be an option until the weather becomes particularly severe. And so a remainder amount, $1.8 million of what's remaining, is to develop a supportive living situation or a supportive living arrangement in the Kam Lake area so that people would have something that's more long-term that again though takes them away to -- from being in the downtown area into what would hopefully be a situation of greater sobriety for them. Thank you.
Caroline Wawzonek on Motion 39-20(1): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 200-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025, Carried
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Motion 39-20(1): Concurrence Motion - Tabled Document 200-20(1): Supplementary Estimates (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025, Carried
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October 22nd, 2024
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