Appreciation To Family, Friends And Constituents  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to start by thanking the constituents of Range Lake for voting me in as MLA. I am going to continue to do my best to represent you as best I can. I also want to thank all Members of the Legislative Assembly for voting me in for Cabinet. That’s huge

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am not going to use last names because I will pronounce some of them wrong, but I really want to recognize some people who are in my riding and some agencies that aren’t. I will recognize Denise from the Council for Disabled Persons; Amanda, NWT Teachers

Recognition of Visitors in the Gallery  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize David Wasylciw who has run for MLA a couple of times. He is an avid politician and an asset to have in our riding.

Question 2-18(2): Homelessness And The Housing First Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, I do look at Housing First as a viable model for addressing homelessness. However, it is one model and one area. Even with Housing First, there will still be other avenues that we need to seek to alleviate homelessness altogether.

Question 2-18(2): Homelessness And The Housing First Program  As the Minister of Finance spoke, we are still in the middle of looking at the budget allocations. We do know that the federal government is looking at social infrastructure as a priority. Until that federal budget is allocated, we're expecting at the end of the March, we won't k

Question 4-18(2): Modular Housing Units In Tsiigehtchic  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just to start with now, all market housing within the communities were put out to public tender. All of the market housing that the Housing Corporation are currently contracting with are northern contractors, and they were approved through the Business Inc

Question 4-18(2): Modular Housing Units In Tsiigehtchic  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Actually, within the Business Incentive Policy that the GNWT utilizes, northern manufacturers must not be more than 25 per cent of the cost for the same purchase to be purchased down south. The modular homes actually came in more than that. The difference

Question 4-18(2): Modular Housing Units In Tsiigehtchic  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Housing Corporation is actually looking at bringing in a lot more houses within the communities. We're really focusing on single people and couples for a little while because almost 70 per cent of the people on our waiting list fall within that categor

Question 4-18(2): Modular Housing Units In Tsiigehtchic  Yes, actually the department does recognize that the multiplexes are the most energy-efficient way to provide housing, so we are focusing on the multiplex units within communities.

Question 5-18(2): Addressing Homelessness In The Nunakput Constituency  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Homelessness is a challenge throughout the Northwest Territories and it's not being addressed by just the Housing Corporation. It's being addressed by the GNWT as a whole. Like I had spoken earlier, the ministers will be meeting soon. I will be meeting wit

Question 5-18(2): Addressing Homelessness In The Nunakput Constituency  As stated earlier, there are the three communities that work in partnership already. As well, we're in preliminary discussions with, and my pronunciation is going to slaughter me here, Aimayunga Women and Emergency Foster Care Shelter in Tuktoyaktuk about the Shelter Enhancement

Question 5-18(2): Addressing Homelessness In The Nunakput Constituency  The Housing Corporation will conduct a review of the need for single housing in our rural and remote communities, including the communities of Nunakput. The information will be used towards the development of a capital plan that could be implemented providing the resources are av

Question 5-18(2): Addressing Homelessness In The Nunakput Constituency  The NWT Housing Corporation is interested in looking at all different designs of homes, and we do traditionally put them out to tender. Thank you.

Buffalo Airways And Ice Pilots NWT  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take a moment to recognize Buffalo Airways, a business within the Range Lake constituency. This long-standing business has been a staple within our community for over 40 years. With the premiere of Ice Pilots Northwest Territories in 2009,

Acknowledgements 1-18(2): Courteney Lizotte, Canada’s 40 Outstanding Principals Award Recipient  Mr. Speaker, I'd like to take a moment to acknowledge Courteney Lizotte. Ms. Lizotte has been with the Range Lake North School for the past five years and has been the principal for the last two years. Earlier this year she was nominated by the PAC president of Range Lake North a