David Krutko

Can the Minister give me the final price as expected for that facility?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are directed to the Minister of the Housing Corporation. In the last session there was a document tabled regarding the housing needs in the Northwest Territories. It showed that we are not meeting the needs of the residents of the Northwest Territories. If anything, things are getting worse. I think it’s important to realize that, as a corporation whose responsibility it is to deliver social housing in the Northwest Territories and to ensure that we’re able to bring down the needs of our residents and meet the challenges that we are facing.

One of the...

My understanding is that the project was originally priced at $7 million, which was supposed to be $2.5 million in regard to the federal stimulus money and also the $2.5 million was supposed to come from the City of Yellowknife, but now they are saying it is over the $7 million price tag. I would just like to know exactly how much over. Thank you.

Again, can the Minister give me a total price on that particular project?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Myself, I’d like to also speak in regard to the Joint Review Panel’s recommendations and, more importantly, what we heard as the MLAs and, more importantly, what we heard from our communities, our constituents and our municipalities to ensure that they do have their voices heard. And I believe their voices were heard during the Joint Review Panel consultation. More importantly, for ourselves, this government, to stick up to the fundamental principle of good governance to ensure that we listen to our constituency, but, more importantly, follow up with the wishes of our...

Can the Minister give us the total price so far for this project in regard to the dementia centre?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Again, in regard to the capital carry-overs, the Inuvik school project, $21 million. Again, with that large amount of carry-overs, is the project on schedule and to be completed by a specific date previously scheduled? Are we looking at a delay and is it on budget?

Maybe the Minister can check with his advisors. Have there been cost overruns on those two projects where the government had to come in with the dollars to ensure those projects went ahead?

I thought he would say yes, because it is a reality of structural problems in the Inuvik region, especially to do with pilings and I think there is a report out there, an intensive report, on public facilities in the Inuvik region over the last number years. So I’m just wondering, realizing that this is one facility for half a million dollars dealing with foundations. So I’d just like to ask the Minister if he can look at the reviews and reports that have been done and come forward and identify those other facilities that have similar problems in light of the budget going forward, because I...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In regard to the Building Canada funds and the funds that we received from Ottawa, I noted that there are a lot of cost overruns associated with that program. I’d just like to know from the Minister exactly what are we doing to…because the issue I have a problem with, especially in this government, is that we have a new system and every time a community asks for assistance from this government, they’re saying, oh well, you get gas tax money so you should offset that cost from your gas tax money, and if the government is now saying, well, we’re not responsible, but yet I...