David Krutko

Mr. Speaker, one of the biggest complaints you hear from people, on the application process, is the fairness of the program. They see people getting the program year after year, but they continue to apply year after year and get refused. It all comes down to how the program is being administered and the fairness of the program. In regard to that I’d like to ask the Minister exactly what the process is to ensure there is transparency and fairness in this program so the people who do apply are seeing results rather than applying year after year and seeing other people taking advantage of the...

Minister of Education.

We’re on page 10-22, advanced education. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In regards to my Member’s statement in regards to the government programs and services, the implementation of the new programs PATH to CARE, HELP to STEP, it was put in place to hopefully improve the system that we had in place, but more importantly, to assist homeowners by taking advantage of these programs. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister of Housing, has he seen an improvement in this program. Does he know exactly if there are faults in this program? Thank you.

Page 10-25, active positions, advanced education, information item. Agreed?

Thank you, Minister. To help him out I will move a motion, that way it is on record.

The motion is on the floor. We’ll deal with the motion.

---Defeated

At this time I would like to acknowledge the clock and I will rise and report progress.

Question has been called.

---Carried

Page 10-17, Education, Culture and Employment, activity summary, operations expenditure summary, $181.532 million. Agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just on 10-18 at the top of the page, grants, community broadcasting grants, $52,000. I think that I understand the importance of community radio stations. I think you have to realize, especially for communities and the people that live on the land, that is one of the main means of communication and I think that it is a vital system that we use for getting our messages out. I think the communities that I represent -- Aklavik, Tsiigehtchic, Fort McPherson -- all have local radio stations and I think the importance of those radio stations and I think that CBQM and the...

Mr. Hawkins.