Question 40-17(1): Access To Early Childhood Education And Development Programs  Thank you, Minister, for your answer on that question. In terms of your priorities – and I do know that the ASA does provide funding to all the communities – you mentioned that there were five communities that received funding this year. How were those communities chosen to recei

Question 29-17(1): Moratorium On Evictions Due To Rental Arrears  My next question is: Come April 1 st , the end of the fiscal year, any tenants across the Northwest Territories who have not taken that initiative to get on a payment plan, what is the course of action that the Housing Corporation is going to take for those who have not hon

Question 29-17(1): Moratorium On Evictions Due To Rental Arrears  : Thank you for that information, Minister of Housing. My final question is: We do have some tenants that have really high arrears. Is there an action plan to assist those that feel they don’t have a chance to get out of those arrears? Is there a program or some kind of policy in

Question 34-17(1): Mental Health Programs And Infrastructure  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is dealing with my Member’s statement that I gave yesterday in dealing with mental health and addictions. We have had a lot of discussion here today on infrastructure and some new capital projects that are coming to the Northwest Territor

Question 34-17(1): Mental Health Programs And Infrastructure  Mr. Speaker, with all due respect, I don’t think we need a Mental Health Act or see a report to know what is happening in the communities and the neglect that we are having on people who really need the services for these mental health issues. Once again, I would like to ask: Is

Question 34-17(1): Mental Health Programs And Infrastructure  I’m glad to hear that the department is taking a proactive approach in education for prevention and awareness. However, right now, as I mentioned earlier in my two questions, we do have a waiting list, especially in Inuvik. The waiting list for anyone to get counselling is about

Question 34-17(1): Mental Health Programs And Infrastructure  That’s all great for the communities that do have vacancies, but like I said, for communities that don’t have vacancies and they are already fully staffed, they are getting overload from some of the communities, especially Inuvik. They get referrals into the region and they’re ge

Question 34-17(1): Mental Health Programs And Infrastructure  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Just one last further question here. The Department of Health and Social Services, there are programs out there with other departments that make it so people have to go through the process, go through the counseling to get assistance; specifically, Housing

“not Us” Anti-Drug Campaign  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to talk about a great program that’s been initiated by a few departments through the Healthy Choices Framework a couple of years ago that did result from some tragic incidents throughout the Northwest Territories and that we still see today, a

Question 29-17(1): Moratorium On Evictions Due To Rental Arrears  : Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today my question is dealing with the moratorium that the Minister of Housing released earlier this week. It is a good program and I think it’s a great opportunity to educate the people in the communities on how to get back and educated into the housing

Question 29-17(1): Moratorium On Evictions Due To Rental Arrears  That sounds like a good plan in the broad scope of things. However, we do know that some tenants will not go and speak to their LHOs. Is there a plan in place for the LHOs? I know they do a lot of work and we don’t want to overburden them, but is there a plan in place to go and s

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  Thank you, Madam Chair. I had one quick question. When it comes to building capital projects such as infrastructure like the jails that we’re going to house people in, do you ever do any consulting with other departments, such as the Department of Health, to work on treatment c

Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters  No further questions. I just think it would be in the best interest of both departments to work together on how we can serve, especially with a lot of the discussions earlier today on mental health and addictions, how we incarcerate a lot of people into the systems. That when we

Mental Health And Addictions Programs  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to address an issue that is prominent within the Northwest Territories: mental health and addictions. At the beginning of this Assembly, Members received a transition presentation from the Department of Health and Social Services. It w

Mental Health And Addictions Programs  Mr. Speaker, we cannot continue to band-aid the issue. We need to identify the underlying issues and fix them now in this government. Our greatest resource in the NWT is our people. It is time that we take the appropriate actions and invest in the future of the North by investing