Income Threshold For Public Housing Applicants  [English translation not provided.] Today I would like to talk about a situation that puts single parents at a disadvantage when it comes to accessing public housing. Many of our constituents are single parents with young children, who are trying their best to earn a living a

Income Threshold For Public Housing Applicants  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, numerically they are factored in, but the nature of these costs is not. That is to say, child care expenses would be considered the same as a car payment. Of course, costs like these represent two completely different circumstances with varying

Question 230–16(2) Income Threshold For Public Housing Applicants  Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Today I talked about an issue that hits home with many single mothers and fathers: the Core Need Income Threshold and the issue of being eligible for public housing. Today I have questions for the Minister Responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation. I’d l

Question 230–16(2) Income Threshold For Public Housing Applicants  I’m interested in the Core Need Income Threshold for public housing. Did I hear correctly that the Minister said the numbers come from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, or is there other data that’s used to determine the Core Need Income Threshold?

Question 230–16(2) Income Threshold For Public Housing Applicants  Can the Minister advise if the NWT Housing Corporation would look at a different way of determining Core Need Income Threshold? I can’t see how they could capture all community-assisted expenses if they’re using the Core Need Income Threshold handed down from the federal governme

Question 230–16(2) Income Threshold For Public Housing Applicants  Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That’s good. I’m glad that the Minister’s prepared to sit down with committee. I would like to ask the Minister if he could commit to looking into creating some sort of special status for single mothers and fathers, in their need, to determine a differen

Main Estimates 2008–2009 Northwest Territories Housing Corporation  Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just general comments on the Housing Corporation from what I have dealt with over the past nine months or so since our election. To date, about 80 per cent of all of the concerns from communities in Tu Nedhe have been on housing. The majority of those co

Main Estimates 2008–2009 Northwest Territories Housing Corporation  I have one more short comment on the Housing Corporation Mains. I notice that in the Infrastructure Acquisition Plan, which is part of the O&M inside the Mains, they have a fairly good-sized budget of over $38 million for this fiscal year, and then it drops off considerably,

Committee Motion 19-16(2) To Reinstate Funding In The Amount Of $85,000 In Contributions To Community Justice Activities (Committee Motion Carried)  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I, too, am strongly in favour of the funding staying in the department for this function. In the little bit of interaction we’ve had with the Elders’ Justice Committee in Fort Resolution, it was positive for the whole community. They’re playing a positive

Committee Motion 20-16(2) To Reinstate Funding In The Amount Of $265,000 In Contributions To Special Projects For Community Justice Activities (Committee Motion Carried)  Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to get some more information on the….

Committee Motion 20-16(2) To Reinstate Funding In The Amount Of $265,000 In Contributions To Special Projects For Community Justice Activities (Committee Motion Carried)  Okay. The total reduction in this area has been $433,000 just in these last three motions. The department had indicated to us that that was offset by the federal government. I’m only seeing an offset of $170,000. To me, it still seems like a fairly substantial cut, so I’m going i

Committee Motion 20-16(2) To Reinstate Funding In The Amount Of $265,000 In Contributions To Special Projects For Community Justice Activities (Committee Motion Carried)  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The request by MLA Krutko on the distribution of the money for Community Justice committees and then the response from Minister Lafferty on the federal funding…. I was wondering if it would be possible to indicate that, also in addition to the request

Committee Motion 20-16(2) To Reinstate Funding In The Amount Of $265,000 In Contributions To Special Projects For Community Justice Activities (Committee Motion Carried)  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The same line of questioning on this from me, as I am still not clear on how the positions, the PYs, are being reported. I just want clarification on why there are only nine positions in headquarters Yellowknife, and 136 positions in the region, and a

Committee Motion 20-16(2) To Reinstate Funding In The Amount Of $265,000 In Contributions To Special Projects For Community Justice Activities (Committee Motion Carried)  My understanding of reporting PYs is that it is supposed to be by function. I am just trying to determine if all of government reports PYs the same way, or if some departments choose to report PYs in different manners. My understanding is that the North Slave region just happens

Committee Motion 20-16(2) To Reinstate Funding In The Amount Of $265,000 In Contributions To Special Projects For Community Justice Activities (Committee Motion Carried)  I would like to see if the Minister could provide this request, to myself or to the committee in writing, for how they count their headquarters and regional positions. I don’t believe that everybody in all of the departments is reporting regional and headquarter positions in the