Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll remember that. I'm just wondering, you say that 55 percent of the clients are from Yellowknife or northern. How many people are 55 percent?
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just want to have a couple of opening remarks. I was looking at page 261, just before the 262 and 263, and you have 331 positions for Yellowknife and 122 for the rest, the regions and the small communities. The way it lists it is North Slave as 246 and headq
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Question 132-19(2): Grants in Lieu of Taxes Madam Speaker, the Minister of Finance stated that the P3 for Stanton project came in on budget. Do you as Finance Minister truly believe this is a correct statement?
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Question 132-19(2): Grants in Lieu of Taxes Is the Finance Minister comfortable in defending a flawed agreement/contract with regard to the P3 of the Stanton hospital?
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Question 132-19(2): Grants in Lieu of Taxes One hundred and forty million dollars for the City of Yellowknife for the 35-year period for grants in lieu/taxes, is this not an extra expense?
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Question 132-19(2): Grants in Lieu of Taxes Thank you, Madam Speaker. My questions are for the Minister of Finance. The Minister of Finance tried to explain the grant in lieu. The grant in lieu is the same concept as taxes. Am I correct?
March 2nd, 2020Assembly debate Page 401 Oral Questions
Question 123-19(2): Stanton Territorial Hospital P3 Partnership Madam Speaker, finally, I would like to address the mayor of Yellowknife's media statement of February 19, 2020. The new Stanton hospital tax bill for the amount of $4.5 million is the highest taxed building in the NWT. The mayor of Yellowknife made a statement that she did not h
March 2nd, 2020Assembly debate Page 398 Oral Questions
Question 123-19(2): Stanton Territorial Hospital P3 Partnership I want the Minister of Finance to justify and explain to the people of Thebacha and the NWT how all the shortfalls in this territorial hospital are going to be dealt with and who is going to be paying for those shortfalls?
March 2nd, 2020Assembly debate Page 398 Oral Questions
Question 123-19(2): Stanton Territorial Hospital P3 Partnership Can the Minister tell us who owns the majority of shares of Dexterra, as well as where is the company based out of, and what the emergency number that is used by Stanton hospital staff after 5:00 p.m.?
March 2nd, 2020Assembly debate Page 398 Oral Questions
Question 123-19(2): Stanton Territorial Hospital P3 Partnership Madam Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Finance. My first question is: since the Stanton P3 and the legacy, 100-bed, long-term unit for Yellowknife have crippled our government for moving forward, could the Minister tell me who makes up the Boreal Health partnerships?
March 2nd, 2020Assembly debate Page 398 Oral Questions
Education Legacy in Fort Smith Mr. Speaker, the staff must have a say in the development of the future transformation of the polytechnic university. Their experience, hard work, and dedication to post-secondary education must be recognized. Lastly, Mr. Speaker, I want to say that, going forward into this 19th
February 13th, 2020Assembly debate Page 164 Members' Statements
Education Legacy in Fort Smith Mr. Speaker, education legacy in Fort Smith has always been a topic that has been dear to my heart. When Yellowknife was named the capital of the NWT in 1967, Fort Smith was designated the education centre of the NWT. Fort Smith's education legacy is very prominent, and we are so
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters So it's not by need; it's by per capita?
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Madam Chair. I don't think either one of you has answered my question. I said, is it going to be by need, or is it going to be by per capita, the $5 million distributed?
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess my question is: reducing the funding gap by $5 million, if the funds are going to be distributed evenly over the communities, including Yellowknife, how much does that leave for a community? How is it going to be done? Is it going to be done by dem
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