David Krutko

Mr. Bromley, you’re moving a motion. Go ahead.

Minister of Education.

Mr. Speaker, I think the programs that we have, if they were implemented properly, we would be able to assist more people, especially with the Reduction of the Cost of Living. I think if we can find ways to assist people to do retrofits to their homes, improve their heating system, improve their electrical system, bringing their homes up to code, making them safe, that is the type of stuff I think this government should be supporting. I would like to ask the Minister, is there an appeals process for individuals who may not like the result of having their application refused, considered through...

We are moving on to page 10-27, income security, operations expenditure summary, activity summary. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you Mr. Chairman. One of the things I would like some clarification from the government on is how often to assess these programs to see the uptake that is out there, because especially for the North there is a lot of great performers, you know? One of the main attractions we have in the North is the cultural events, the different types of festivals, the arts festivals and things like that. I think for ourselves as the North, that is the key component that makes us unique and I think, if anything, have we ever looked at evaluating or assessing that to see... Because, I mean, you talk to a...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Tabled Document 62-16(4), NWT Main Estimates, 2010-2011, and would like to report progress, with three motions being adopted. I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Northwest Territories Housing Corporation a number of years ago introduced new programs such as CARE, HELP, STEP, to improve the delivery of assistance programs to homeowners in the Northwest Territories. There was a lot of praise, a lot of hope, and a lot of expectations from the residents of the Northwest Territories, especially homeowners, that they were going to see a real improvement in the programs. Yet today I still have a lot of my constituency coming forward and applying year after year and being refused on one excuse after another.

The aging infrastructure...

Okay. We can go back to page 10-24, grants and contributions, advanced education, contributions, $32.271 million.

Just using the number eight, I think that $52,000 for eight communities, I believe somebody was looking at a newspaper the other day which was put out in regards to something about, from the Department of Education, in regards to nutrition, food and whatnot, and I think that advertisement in the newspaper is somewhere in the range of -- and you can clarify for me on that -- $2500 for a full-page ad in a newspaper which is circulating throughout the Territories. So I think you can figure out that for eight communities for $52,000, we don’t really give them much by way of assistance. I think it...

There is a motion on the floor. If there are no other speakers, I will allow the presenter of the motion to wrap it up. Mr. Bromley.