Question 398-15(4): Rent Scale Formulas And Social Housing In The Nwt  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. (Translation) I would like to ask him another question, the same kind of question. (Translation ends) In the past, Mr. Speaker, the head of household income was considered by the Housing Corporation. I am glad to hear the Minister is somewhat receptive to

Question 398-15(4): Rent Scale Formulas And Social Housing In The Nwt  Some are on the verge of being condemned in the communities.

Question 398-15(4): Rent Scale Formulas And Social Housing In The Nwt  Why isn't there some requirements for at least, Mr. Speaker, a certain portion of the rent be set aside for maintenance and repairs of these units? Some units are so bad that they can't even live in the household where elders are living in the mould.

Question 398-15(4): Rent Scale Formulas And Social Housing In The Nwt  Would the Minister consider putting in such a requirement within the Housing Corporation? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. ---Applause

Question 398-15(4): Rent Scale Formulas And Social Housing In The Nwt  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. (Translation) Mr. Speaker, every time we talk about housing, we talk about our elders and the well-being of our elders. (Translation ends) ...elders in the community, like granny in Nahanni. They pay the ridiculous prices of the units in the communities. At

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Mahsi, Mr. Chair. I would like to highlight two issues. One is early childhood development, 2 of 9. Again, when we toured the community, this was one of the high profile discussions in the community, early childhood, and also the Head Start Program because it all falls under th

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Mahsi, Chair. The second item that I would like to highlight is page 6 of 9 on the community-based education programs. As the Social Programs committee toured the communities last year in December, and also in the early fall, at that time when we were touring the communities, we

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Mahsi, Chair. Again, I would like to reflect on the $430,000. If we can get the...I am not sure if the right word is direction, but because it's based on the development stages to meet the specific needs of government priorities, we are already doing that through MACA, through

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Mahsi, Chair. You know, there will be ongoing consultation discussion on this Aurora College corporate plan. So I'm looking forward to reviewing that but, again, I'll be stating my position on this, that we need to focus more in the communities. Mahsi.

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Mahsi, Chair. I would just like to follow up where Mr. Pokiak left off on the education authority contribution at $120 million. The formula is based on enrollment. I guess they determine the majority of payments. I am just wondering if the department has taken into consideration

Item 16: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters  Mahsi for that clarification. At the same time, there is a change coming on the 60 percent versus 40 percent attendance. I'm just wondering what kind of impact it would have on the schools. Right now, we are hearing issues already in the community that if there are changes fro

Iba Payments And Income Support Programs  (Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I will speak to you about the IBA agreements...(Translation ends) ...for the impact agreement payments and the Income Support Program. When a person on income support receives an IBA payment, the government takes it away by reducing

Question 404-15(4): Iba Payments And Income Support Programs  (Translation) Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I said in my Member's statement, I meant to say Mr. Dent, but the question that I have is regarding payments and compensation. This is what I want to ask the Minister. (Translation ends) ...of land and resources. As I indica

Question 404-15(4): Iba Payments And Income Support Programs  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am glad to hear that the Minister is somewhat receptive with discussing more on the approach with respect to the agreements that we have in place with these mining industries. At the same time, the interpretation of the regulations that we hav

Seeking Access Alternatives For Tlicho Communities  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. (Translation) Mr. Speaker, today I'm going to speak about the highway that leads to our community. In the Northwest Territories, we have a big population and everyone has roads leading to them. There's few isolated communities that don't have highways to thei