Caroline Cochrane
Range Lake

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 44)

That's me. My brain is gone. Excuse me. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table to following document entitled "Followup Letter to Oral Question 36518(2): Tuktoyaktuk Shoreline Erosion Mitigation Project." Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 44)

Actually, at this point, now, we're just getting things in place. We had expected that the survey would be finished on January 27th. I was approached by an MLA in asking if I would consider extending it, like I had said. Again, this is the first time this is public knowledge or being put out there, that we have agreed to extend it for one month because it is important to get the results.

So, we're in the process of restructuring our whole office to make sure that we have enough people within the policy department to provide the analysis that we need, so we're doing that right now. We also are...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 44)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As stated before, the results coming in for the survey are actually pretty positive. We're at over a thousand already, which is significant considering we have about 2,400 public housing units and about 400 market housing units, so a thousand out of 2,800 homes is pretty high, recognizing some of that is government.

As stated previously, I will not hire someone specifically to go door-to-door. I think there are better usages of the funds. We are doing a very comprehensive, strategic radio campaign, and, at the smaller communities, where they have very low results, we...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 44)

As stated earlier, there are a couple of reasons that we're looking at the change. We are looking to be able to utilize the skills and the strengths within our employees in a better fashion so that we can share services. We're also looking to promote a greater range of candidates so that they can apply for positions. We were looking at things such as education, barriers that actually impact people within the Northwest Territories. We're looking at trying to get youth involved in these programs, to promote people within the Northwest Territories to have access to these competitions, to these...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 43)

Since the meeting that we had last night was my first meeting with the NWT Association of Communities, we never actually set a date. We did agree that we would meet, and so as soon as I know more when the date is confirmed, I will let the honourable Member know.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 43)

Yes, I will make sure that we actually give the Members an update during the next session. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 43)

At this point, the department has begun to implement a couple of recommendations. The main one is that we're looking at undertaking the work that's involved to establish a Western Canada Lottery Commission within the department.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 43)

Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled "Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Annual Report 2015-2016."

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 43)

Unfortunately, the mayor for the City of Yellowknife was not at the meeting last night. We are still committed to working with the City of Yellowknife; however, we have an obligation whenever we make any legislative changes that we actually consult with all of the concerned parties, all of the municipal governments concerns. So we will abide by that.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 43)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last evening, ironically, I just met with the NWT Association of Communities and they also had some concerns regarding the recommendations from the City of Yellowknife, so I have agreed to also work with them. So at this moment we are just in the process of pulling together a meeting so that all communities' municipal governments have a say in where we're going with the recommendations from the City of Yellowknife. Thank you.