Alfred Moses

Inuvik Boot Lake

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do receive the proposals from the LHOs on a yearly basis. With all of the programs and services that we do, if we asked them to do something quarterly, it would be taking away from the main impact that we want to make, and that is providing programs and services to our residents. It is done on a yearly basis. As our president and CEO has mentioned, there is going to be a meeting and a good discussion, and I am sure that all of our LHO chairs and members are listening to this, and it will be a discussion at that meeting, as well.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Martin is our finance guy. He'll probably explain this a little bit clearer than I can, and I'll just go through you, Mr. Chair, to Mr. Martin. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am not sure if we could really restate the page, because it has already been printed, but if the Member is fine with it, we can follow up with a supplementary letter on the breakdown of the detail of this. If a letter is fine with the Member and the committee, we would be more than happy to show that breakdown. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As Members know, we know through an audit practice every year, so through that audit, we also do the performance evaluation. It is an ongoing thing, and we support the work that the LHOs are doing in their communities, obviously, and working with our residents, so it is an ongoing thing. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you. It's 162 over the last three years, and we've exceeded the 50, and we're continuing to work, meeting those target rates. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you. It was approved, and we are going through the process of approving the budget here. Maybe through you, Mr. Chair, I will ask the president and CEO to give us a little bit more detail. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Yes. Thank you. At this moment, we don't, just to let the Member know, but that would be an interesting discussion when we have the Northern Housing Summit. It is going to be an opportunity for all leadership community members sitting in one room talking about the considerations and challenges that they are seeing, but we definitely will be looking into something like that. We have a great partnership with the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, and I think one thing that is coming out of this Northern Housing Summit is we are going to have one voice of hopefully the whole territory to send to...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know we have all been eagerly awaiting these agreements, and definitely yes.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To those units that were affected, I know they were built by us and built to stand, but you can never predict when you can get 140-kilometre winds that are going to have an impact on, in some cases, our aging units, so moving forward, we need to address that. I know the Member asked questions in the House earlier this sitting, and as we move forward with our community housing plans and our relationship with the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, these things do need to be taken in consideration because I know, in the last couple of years, Paulatuk in particular, the coastal...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Okay, I will try to be really quick. I know he answered quite a bit, but obviously one of the couple of things that we are doing is the lease-to-own program. We want to make sure that people who are in public housing can have that opportunity to lease to own, and then that would help us create more public housing inventory. We are also looking at the new home ownership program. Every year, we are doing 50 disposable units so that, when we demolish units, we are able to create more. The Member makes a good point. We want to create a market, but at the same time we don't want to disrupt some of...