Bill Braden

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To follow up on the theme today, my questions are directed to Mr. Krutko, the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation. I was looking at the business plan for the corporation and reflecting on the diminishing funding levels from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, which today amount to in the order of $33 million a year. These will sunset. My question, Mr. Speaker, is what lobbying efforts are underway now to restore federal investment in public housing in the Northwest Territories? Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, I guess I’d just like a bit of procedural help here, and perhaps you could advise what is committee’s ability to deny or exclude this item from the bill. What kind of procedural options do we have in this respect? Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In discussion on this item in the previous day, I believe the Minister of Transportation said that he would bring back some information regarding the relative comparison of CATSA’s investment in the Yellowknife Airport’s detection system. In asking for this information, Mr. Chairman, what I wanted to do was see just how Yellowknife was fairing in comparison to other airports that need to make an investment for security reasons. Has the Minister had a chance to assemble any of that information and give us a picture of just how Yellowknife fairs as far as the federal...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Despite the fact they may or may not have been included in the articles of the settlement, does that mean that they should still be eligible under at least the spirit and intent of the agreement? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, Mr. Minister, for the answer. The settlement also recognized that casual workers who where employed by this government between that period were also included as being eligible. What efforts have been made to contact these casual workers and how successful has that part of the agreement been? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is a privilege and a pleasure to recognize family, as always. Today I am pleased to recognize in the House my mother, Esther Braden, and another honoured senior within our community, Mr. Ed Jeske. Thank you.

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So just to confirm then, there’s absolutely nothing we can do about this expenditure.

Well, that’s a disappointing bit of news. It obviously takes away from the ability of this Legislature, and I would think others across Canada, to be able to make good decisions. We are handed a huge bill of goods, given the size of our airport and our population -- $11.2 million -- and we’re told pay it. There are good reasons for it -- security -- but I need to be convinced that as part of the Canadian traveling public and under the demand from a federal system, that we’re getting as square a deal or perhaps as bad a deal as anybody else in Canada. Mr. Chairman, I’m sort of layering this...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Honourable David Krutko, Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation.

How many market housing units will be installed, in what community and by when?

As of today, how many units are occupied?

By what professions?

What market research did the NWT Housing Corporation undertake to identify potential tenants and determine their needs/expectations before committing to the market housing initiative?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m told that there was one distinct category that had to be created in which to, if you will, park the files of employees whose new positions had not yet been reclassified. This category went by, apparently the number 7777. Employees who may have found their position put into this category, I’m told, may have been overlooked in the settlement process and consequently in the search process, and would not show up on any eligibility lists. Could the Minister confirm that this category indeed was used for this purpose, and what efforts are being made to ensure that...