Question 266-16(3): Income Assistance Client Satisfaction Survey  Mr. Speaker, the survey that was referred to yesterday was income assistance client satisfaction survey. That was conducted by the Stats Bureau on behalf of our department. They did a mail out survey to 780 clients out there. Also, they did it by telephone, Mr. Speaker, as well a

Question 266-16(3): Income Assistance Client Satisfaction Survey  Mr. Speaker, when we talk about public housing rental subsidy, that is taken into consideration. But when I am referring to the survey, it is just the Bureau of Statistics did a survey on behalf of our department specifically pertained to those questions I raised earlier and high

Question 266-16(3): Income Assistance Client Satisfaction Survey  Mr. Speaker, if we are invited by the Member, I am not going to drag my colleague along, but if he is invited, I am sure he will come along with us. ---Laughter At the same time, Mr. Speaker, I did commit in this House I will be visiting all 33 communities during my time her

Question 269-16(3): Human Trafficking And Organized Crime  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This particular issue has been brought up during the FPT. It does reflect in all jurisdictions even though we are a small jurisdiction in the Northwest Territories. It does have an impact on us. Certainly it has been addressed. It is not only us but other

Question 269-16(3): Human Trafficking And Organized Crime  Mr. Speaker, yes, through the RCMP “G” Division, the commanding officer and also the commission of RCMP, I do have frequent meetings with them on an annual basis, quarterly. So they do brief us on activities that are happening in other jurisdictions which may have a potential imp

Question 269-16(3): Human Trafficking And Organized Crime  Mr. Speaker, RCMP “G” Division, even at the headquarters, they have their own communication dialogue to reach out to the general public in various jurisdictions, but our own jurisdiction in the Northwest Territories will continue to work with them on how we can better communicate

Question 269-16(3): Human Trafficking And Organized Crime  Mr. Speaker, we have produced some educational materials some of which is missing persons. I did see that movie myself, as well, and it is frightening. I think we need to do more in that area, especially with the youth. The spring break travelling down south, that’s a prime exa

Minister’s Statement 50-16(3): Teacher Education Program And Aboriginal Language And Culture Instructors Program – Programs In The Beaufort-Delta  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. [English translation not provided.] Mr. Speaker, increasing the number of aboriginal teachers is a primary goal of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. With that in mind, I am pleased to announce the expansion of our Teacher Education Diploma

Question 247-16(3): Transfer Of Responsibility For Social Housing  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the Member’s comments and direction to our Cabinet here. We have done a lot of work in this area over the last four years. We’ve consulted with various groups and agencies in the communities and we have met with the standing committee as well, giv

Question 247-16(3): Transfer Of Responsibility For Social Housing  Certainly there may be a perception in the community. As I stated, it has been in the works for four years now. One of the areas we focused on at the beginning of the transfer was a one-stop shop. We have achieved this by offering the office, the one-stop shop, giving the subsidi

Question 247-16(3): Transfer Of Responsibility For Social Housing  Certainly that’s one of the areas we’ve been tackling as one of the challenges. But it’s nothing new. It’s always been there. Certainly we continue to work with that. There’s always room for improvement. This is one area we need to deal with and, simply, we cannot do it alone. We

Question 247-16(3): Transfer Of Responsibility For Social Housing  The one-stop shop is having all the subsidies in one area. Before there were all these different areas that the individuals could go to. We’re still working on that as well. That area, of course, we’ll continue to work with. And also ECE expanded service to a number of remote com

Question 249-16(3): Transfer Of Responsibility For Social Housing  Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. We do have data, of course, over the last four years of what we’ve done to date; improvement in certain areas. Since the transfer there’s been a greater number of computer assessments to date and improved LHO collection of rent. As Minister Michael McLeod indi

Question 249-16(3): Transfer Of Responsibility For Social Housing  Each client is different in the regions. We talk about the one-stop shop with all the rental subsidies, the child care in different areas. Certainly some individuals have three or four accessible subsidies, so it’s convenient for them. So this is an area that we showed interest

Question 249-16(3): Transfer Of Responsibility For Social Housing  Mr. Speaker, when the transfer came into play, we did not make any changes. How it was delivered through LHOs and what it comes down to now, public housing rental subsidy, the policy and rules were developed by the NWT Housing Corporation so we continue with that trend. At the s