Weledeh

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

I just want to throw out, too, my concerns on Stanton. I’m not quite as easygoing as Ms. Bisaro. A few years from now to start, you know, this is long overdue. It’s another one that’s been on the books for me now for seven years and I think we are starting to move forward rather than backwards as we did for a good part of those seven years, but now we’ve been planning for a number of years. The very modest amount in this year’s budget is pretty insignificant to the cost that we’re talking about for the Stanton Territorial.

So I’m expecting to see a substantive proposal for funding brought...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I don’t see any item for the Avens facility. I thought we were going to support some kind of planning study for that infrastructure. Could I maybe get an update on where we’re at on that? Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

Could we likely add the ongoing work with the Avens Seniors as a possible facility that we could put on the books at some point soon with that?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 38)

Thanks to the Minister for that information. Could I get the Minister to commit to bringing forward a strategy for meeting those needs over the long term – and specifically I’m talking about infrastructure needs – to committee once he’s got the numbers in a few weeks and has the opportunity to develop such a plan?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 37)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to follow up a little bit. First of all, two things really. The Capital Asset Revolving Fund, are we planning on putting a cap on that, or are we going to allow that to build with the savings over time?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 37)

We learned that once you start, you have a hard time stopping. Workers and companies come from all over, and local people get priced out of their own communities.

We do need development, but it must be sustainable. Tomorrow I will explore what is the sustainability question here, and suggest an alternative economic development that benefits local economies and every single resident.

I will have questions today for the Minister of Environment. Mahsi.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 37)

I would be irresponsible not to ask about the plans for Detah and Ndilo. I don’t see any in the plans here for this coming fiscal year. I know there are needs certainly on the quality of housing, perhaps on the quantity as well. Could I get an indication from the Minister what the plan is for Weledeh?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 37)

Are we thinking of that? I mean, are we preparing to respond to that interest in smaller units?

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 37)

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have a couple of things I wanted to follow up on. The Minister mentioned we passed up on investing in biomass for some housing we are developing in Fort Good Hope because of the lack of supply. Unfortunately, I heard the same thing from Education, or it might have been Public Works and Services in the same community just a year or two ago for their new school. This is a problem when we consider these things independently, ignoring other government facilities, and since the school project turned down biomass, we know we have a supply in Norman Wells, an adjacent...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 4th Session (day 37)

Thank you, Madam Chair. I appreciate that response. I wonder if the Minister would commit to giving committee a briefing on that and the contributions from the various measures we have been taking and a real look at… If our hopes are denied by the federal government, what are the realities and what progress are we making on our own at addressing those?

At the same time, I would just like to ask, the last couple of fiscal years, $14 million, almost $15 million each year, a little bit more last year than in this current fiscal year, and this year $31.4 million, a doubling. I’d like a quick...