Question 148-15(6): Assessment Of Social Housing Subsidy Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is interesting we hear what everybody else has to say and I still go back to the fact that we are hearing from tenants that this is a program that is not working. The assessments are coming in late, termination notices are given out more

Question 148-15(6): Assessment Of Social Housing Subsidy Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I sometimes wonder if there are 84,000 people in the Northwest Territories: 42,000 that they speak to and the other 42,000 that we speak to, because we are getting complaints from tenants that this is not working. The Minister says that he is getting no

Question 148-15(6): Assessment Of Social Housing Subsidy Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the list of people that the Minister mentioned that he spoke to, the deputy minister, all senior administration, but they are not the people that are being assessed. Have they spoken to tenants and are tenants telling them that this is a pro

Question 148-15(6): Assessment Of Social Housing Subsidy Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. It goes back to the transfer from the Housing Corporation to ECE for tenant assessments and the paying of rent. I would like to ask the Minister, this has been so

Regional Alcohol And Drug Treatment Centre  I noticed more and more people on the streets in Inuvik. That causes me a great deal of concern. They are people that really have no place to go. A lot of them are addicted to alcohol. I am sure many of them would like to seek help. But when you need to get help up in the Be

Regional Alcohol And Drug Treatment Centre  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, with all of the illegal drugs that are starting to come out now, the single biggest addiction for years and years has been the abuse of alcohol. Mr. Speaker, every community that we visited over the last two and a half, almost three years th

Question 132-15(6): Condition Of Dempster Highway  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I know it's difficult right now for the Minister to commit any extra funding to the Dempster Highway, but I would like to see him make a recommendation to the department to double the amount of money that they allocate to the Dempster Highway

Question 132-15(6): Condition Of Dempster Highway  I think the positive comments on his tour were coming from the fellow Minister. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to ask the Minister, with business plans coming up, if they can commit 125 kilometres from Inuvik to Tsiigehtchic. My colleagues were with me on that road; we're still wonderin

Question 132-15(6): Condition Of Dempster Highway  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can tell you where that $35 million is and the $5 million they spent recently. It's in the ditch. ---Laughter ---Applause Because they are not getting the work done properly and it's no fault to the contractor; they are given a contract to go by. S

Question 132-15(6): Condition Of Dempster Highway  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday I spoke on the condition of Highway No. 8, also known as the "Dumpster Highway." I closed my statement by saying we deserve to drive on a nice highway. That was wrong, Mr. Speaker. We deserve a highway that's not dangerous. Some

Administration Of Social Housing Subsidy Program  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there's an old saying that if it ain't broke, don't fix it. But I think with this ECE housing transfer issue, they are trying to invent that to say if it ain't broke, let's break it. ---Laughter Mr. Speaker, we brought motions forward rece

Condition Of The Dempster Highway  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, before I start, I would like to extend my condolences for the family of Stella Bourque, a long-time resident of Inuvik, and also the family of Rosie Firth who always welcomed you into her home when you visited Fort McPherson. Mr. Speaker, I

Committee Motion 8-15(6): Resources Required To Increase The Number Of Foster Homes, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Committee recommended this motion because foster parents provide a very important service. I have had the opportunity at one time to foster a couple of boys, so I have an idea of what is required of foster parents. To see that the government put a little

Committee Motion 8-15(6): Resources Required To Increase The Number Of Foster Homes, Carried  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I move that this committee recommend that the department work towards increasing the number of foster homes in the NWT and that a plan, complete with numbers of existing foster homes, targeted increases and required resources, be presented to the

Motion To Amend Motion 8-15(6), Carried  Anyway, I just want to stand up, Mr. Speaker, and say I do support this motion. There is nowhere in this motion that says don't build a bridge and it's harder for some of the Members from outside of the region, outside of Yellowknife, to support a project like this. We are not sa