Question 98-19(2): Hay River Family Resource Centre It is just important to note that the Hay River Family Resource Centre, as with other non-profits, has limited resources, they have limited staff, and they probably have limited expertise when it comes to filling out some of these government forms. I appreciate the fact that the
February 26th, 2020Assembly debate Page 237 Oral Questions
Question 98-19(2): Hay River Family Resource Centre Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The question I have is for the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation. It has to do with the Co-Investment Fund. I guess we have heard about the Co-Investment Fund for the last couple of days and I have a feeling that it might be that elusive
February 26th, 2020Assembly debate Page 237 Oral Questions
Question 94-19(2): Marine Transportation Services Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The past government had indicated that a long-term business model for MTS was to be developed, and I am just wondering if this government or your department has looked at that, or if there is anything in place and when we can expect something.
February 26th, 2020Assembly debate Page 236 Oral Questions
Question 94-19(2): Marine Transportation Services It's interesting that the Minister says that ORSI has unique expertise. I guess I have lived in Hay River for close to a hundred years, and I have worked for NTCL before, and, when I was a kid, I used to hang around there. It always seemed at that point that there was pretty well
February 26th, 2020Assembly debate Page 235 Oral Questions
Question 94-19(2): Marine Transportation Services I will ask the Minister: will MTS be evaluating and looking at developing in-house capabilities for recruiting terminal staff?
February 26th, 2020Assembly debate Page 235 Oral Questions
Question 94-19(2): Marine Transportation Services Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have to give credit to the last Assembly when they purchased the assets of NTCL. It was a good move on their part. However, when it comes to the operation, we have a problem. We were to have a made-in-the-North solution. Instead, we have had a southern c
February 26th, 2020Assembly debate Page 235 Oral Questions
Marine Transportation Services Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In 2016, Northern Transportation Company Limited filed for bankruptcy. Subsequently, this government purchased the assets of NTCL for $7.5 million. The justification for the purchase was the need for reliable and dependable barging services for our remote
February 26th, 2020Assembly debate Page 230 Members' Statements
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to touch on one line item here. That is the "Advance the Hay River to Fort Providence transmission line." In Hay River, we have Northland Utilities, same as Fort Providence, but we get our power from NTPC, from Taltson. The other issue we have
February 25th, 2020Assembly debate Page 203 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to touch on where it says, "Increase local supply and production of natural gas." In the South Slave, there is potential to have some of the communities supplied by natural gas, and I think it's Fort Simpson, Hay River, maybe Fort Smith, as wel
February 25th, 2020Assembly debate Page 201 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Madam Chair. In talking about messaging and getting the message out there that we are open for business, I believe that we have to send a positive message. If we keep saying that we have no money, we can't do anything, then I don't blame people for wanting to come here
February 25th, 2020Assembly debate Page 201 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Madam Chair. A comment, I guess, to the Minister of ITI is that I think it's important that, when she does come to Hay River, she meets, you know, one-on-one with the businesses. We don't need bureaucracy there, except for me. That's what I would ask, so that there is
February 25th, 2020Assembly debate Page 197 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to touch on tourism, as well. This last weekend, I had the opportunity to go down and take a look at a facility in Hay River, and there are a couple of them there. It's interesting because I go down there, and I know housing had gotten rid of t
February 25th, 2020Assembly debate Page 197 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess it's not just Indigenous governments, but it's others, as well, that are already doing work on the ground, and whether it's support from this government for the bureaucracy, they are just not getting it. They get stymied, and a lot of times it come
February 25th, 2020Assembly debate Page 197 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess, when I look at this, the first point there of working with community governments to identify and advance economic opportunities, there is an area there and how we will do it. There is job creation, right there, and that is job creation probably wi
February 25th, 2020Assembly debate Page 196 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters Thank you, Madam Chair. The functionality of the airport, we will deal with Fort Smith, is still there, but I disagree with the Minister in saying nothing was taken away. There was something taken away. There was a section on both sides taken away. It was narrowed. I am glad that
February 25th, 2020Assembly debate Page 196 Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters