Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.
Debates of Feb. 27th, 2025
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Lucy Kuptana Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Dr. Kelly will provide more information. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Dr. Erin Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. There have been nine training sessions to date with the local housing authorities or organizations. Some examples are things like maintenance, biomass training, and safety training with respect to the types of training for the -- for housing stakeholders.
With respect to work with ITI to foster the development of innovative approaches, I just met with ITI recently to have some discussions, but I can certainly speak to our work with METCAN in Hay River and how we're working together on pilots. For example, a core and then a -- a core that has all of the mechanical pieces in it and then an envelope that would be sent up to a small community for example, and there's a pilot that's going on with that right now. So there is work that's being done on innovative building technologies that's ongoing right now, and that's just one of the examples. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Shauna Morgan Yellowknife North
Thank you. And so can you clarify when you're talking about these nine training sessions, is that with staff that are already working for the LHOs and they're gaining additional skills, or are these -- is that training people so that we can hire new people or training people who work for other organizations such as Indigenous governments to -- like, who are we training, and are we hoping to get them, like, certifications out of this, or what is the -- really the expected outcome from those trainings? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Lucy Kuptana Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Dr. Kelly will provide more insight into that question. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Dr. Erin Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think it could be any of those things, but where we have been focusing right now is on training related to kind of these new units that are coming in. Some of them require additional expertise, like biomass for example, or training on other pieces. So we've been focusing on training the folks that are going to be doing the maintenance on those to make sure that they're up to speed on those elements. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Shauna Morgan Yellowknife North
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So it does sound like perhaps the focus is on training existing staff to sort of up their skills for what is coming and what's needed, which is super useful I understand. I think we do need sort of a more ambitious strategy around how we're going to ensure that we have people with the right skills in our communities to do the kind of repairs, renovations, housing maintenance, that we need to actually take care of our housing. And I know that goes beyond Housing NWT, and it requires working with other departments. I'll just put it out there now. I do think we need clear and more ambitious goals within our business plan of how we're going to get there. Right now we're, I think, just sort of doing little bits and pieces here and there and working around the edges. But I do look forward to further conversations with the Minister in the future about how we might be able to come up with a more ambitious vision and in coordination with other departments around that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So on page 388 of the business plan and at the end, the legislative initiatives, it speaks to revision of the Housing Northwest Territories Act, and substantive amendments are anticipated. But in the business plan, it speaks to the fact that there would be information gathered on potential areas for change to this Act at the housing symposium, and I'm wondering if the Minister can elaborate on how those discussions went and what particular changes are being identified. Thank you.
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Lucy Kuptana Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Dr. Kelly will provide more information about the changes around the legislation. Thank you.
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Dr. Erin Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The associate deputy minister Saturnino has been working with the forum, and they're at the stage of initial scoping at this time. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Kate Reid Great Slave
Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. So in terms of scoping, I suppose, how are we contemplating how that process will look like? I recognize it's early days; you probably don't want to speak to specifics, and I can respect that as things are underway. But if there is anything that you can elaborate on at this point, I'd appreciate it. Thank you.
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Lucy Kuptana Nunakput
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Dr. Kelly will provide more specifics to that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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Dr. Erin Kelly
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So during the renewal, a number of areas were brought up, including the relationship between the LHOs and Housing NWT. The intention is to work with the housing forum and then engage more with other partners on that legislation. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
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