Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Like my colleagues, I have concerns with Novel, too. I think it's a good concept, but I think the Housing Corporation should have been working with ITI and MACA trying to come up with a good plan and Housing can look after the technical part of it. Howe

Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. Last year, going through the same exercise, I spoke to a number of issues and concerns. I see this year I am going to be speaking to almost the same issues and concerns. We go travelling to the communities and it never fails, even in our day-to-day wor

Item 17: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. Many of the first clients of the NWT Housing Corporation's programs are now senior citizens. They no longer require the three or four-bedroom houses they had built for their young families. However, these people now find themselves unable to access any

Written Question 22-15(4): Edap Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation. What is the number of clients assisted through EDAP in the Beaufort-Delta region in the past two years?What are the amounts received by each client, by community?Thank you.

Question 345-15(4): Provision Of Safe And Affordable Housing By GNWT  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The new department, based on previous numbers, would have a budget of approximately $90 million. That would go a long way to providing safe, adequate, and affordable housing. The CMHC funding is going to sunset over the next 30 years, meaning that the reas

Question 345-15(4): Provision Of Safe And Affordable Housing By GNWT  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the NWT Housing Corporation is always changing directions and my question is for Premier Handley. I'm wondering if this government has ever considered following suit and creating a department of housing whose sole mandate would be to provide s

Mandate Of NWT Housing Corporation  Lend some technical experience when required and asked for, but for our sake, stay out of the business end. We can't afford any more blunders. How many units could have been put on the ground in the NWT, Mr. Speaker, with all of the money that we have lost so far? Thank you, M

Mandate Of NWT Housing Corporation  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the NWT Housing Corporation was established in the early 1970s to provide safe, adequate, and affordable housing to the residents of the Northwest Territories. Somewhere along the line, Mr. Speaker, they began to lose sight of the very reaso

Alcohol And Drug Abuse In The North  If they don't want to go out on the land, ask them to go. If they're the problem, take them on the land with you. It's just too big of a problem to keep ignoring. Kids nowadays have a whole world of opportunity in front of them, a whole world. If they want to go to school, th

Alcohol And Drug Abuse In The North  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with today being Friday and the weekend, coming up, I want to speak on a subject that's been a problem with the people, especially the youth, across the Northwest Territories for years. That problem, Mr. Speaker, is alcohol and drugs. We

Reflections On Budget Address  I like the tone that this government has taken. I think they should be more aggressive. I think we have to go after these people and get what is rightfully ours, because he did say that we should be our own beneficiaries. He also asked if we should invest millions in transport

Reflections On Budget Address  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I listened to the budget address with a lot of interest. The pipeline hearings are starting in Inuvik and even Mr. Harper said that we should be beneficiaries of our resources. I happen to agree with him. I think we should hold his feet to the fire ove

Recipients Of Aboriginal Achievement Awards  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize three well-known and respected northerners who are recent recipients of the National Aboriginal Achievement Awards. It is said, Mr. Speaker, that laughter is the best medicine, and with that being the case then George

Recipients Of Aboriginal Achievement Awards  People in the communities always look forward to a visit from Mr. Tuccaro. My personal favourite is a jigging performance. Billy Day is a well-respected Inuvialuit elder from Inuvik. He was part of the Committee for Original People's Entitlement, which was established to protec

Committee Motion 8-15(4) To Amend The Schedule Of Bill 11, Carried  Thank you, Madam Chair. I thank the Premier for that response. As I said before, I share his optimism that this project will go ahead. It's a project that everybody has been working hard towards, and a lot of Members on this side of the House firmly believe that we should be e