Thank you. Committee, Housing Northwest Territories begins on page 72. We will defer the total and review the estimates by activity summary, beginning at page 73, with finance and infrastructure services with information items on page 74. Are there any questions from committee? Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave.
Debates of Oct. 29th, 2024
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Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. There is one item on the list -- the project listing on page 74, biomass projects public housing, and it lists the location as territorial. Could the Minister please give more detail about what locations the biomass projects are projected to go to in public housing? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Lucy Kuptana Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, vice-president of finance and infrastructure will reply to the question. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Jim Martin
Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, we have the -- we have funds set aside for 2025-2026 to continue to advance our biomass system investments. We continue to advance these investments under our energy management strategy actions. And for 2025-2026, we've identified this allocation as various given the fact that we are currently in the process of completing a biomass feasibility study across the territory, and we're going to wait for those results to determine the most appropriate, effective location for those biomass -- for our next round of biomass investments. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So thanks for that. Do we know when that feasibility study will be completed? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Lucy Kuptana Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Vice-president of finance and infrastructure will reply to the question. Thank you.
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Jim Martin
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We're expecting to complete that study by the end of this fiscal year. Thank you.
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have one more question of the project listing. On all of the major retrofit listings, they are identified as public housing units save one which is one unit of market housing in Fort Liard. Can the Minister please speak to why that one unit is market housing? Thank you.
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Lucy Kuptana Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chair. President Eleanor Young will describe the Fort Liard market housing retrofit. Thank you.
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Eleanor Young
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Housing NWT, in addition to roughly 2,600 public housing units, has approximately 180 market housing units that it currently operates. And so much like public housing, as those units need retrofits or repairs, they are built into your capital planning, and so that's why you see a market unit on the list. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
The Chair Richard Edjericon
Thank you. I'll go to any other Members that want to speak? I'm going to go to the Member from Deh Cho.
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Sheryl Yakeleya Deh Cho
Thank you, Mr. Chair. You have here 14 public housing major retrofits in Fort Providence. When you say major retrofits, can you explain that?
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th
Lucy Kuptana Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Vice-president of finance and infrastructure will describe major retrofit.
Committee Motion 47-20(1): Tabled Document 193-20(1): 2025-2026 Capital Estimates - Health and Social Services- Deferral of Department, Carried
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 29th