David Ramsay
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Community health programs, $1.554 million.
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Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Roland.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. I move that $367,000 be deleted from the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, NWT Housing Corporation activity, in Supplementary Appropriation, No. 1, 2006-2007.
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Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that was four months ago. By the sounds of the Minister’s response, it is going to be another three or four months until they get some kind of determination on charity leases and what a level playing field might look like. Mr. Speaker, the inaction of the government to level the playing field may indeed cause the closing of more day cares here in Yellowknife. I know the Minister was listening when I spoke of the hundred or so children that are on waitlists currently in Yellowknife awaiting space in day cares. I would like to ask the Minister this:...
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Thank you, committee. We are now on page 25, Health and Social Services, capital investment expenditures, not previously authorized, program delivery support, $101,000.
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Thank you, Mr. Braden. Mr. Minister.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, I’ll start off by saying obviously I don’t agree with any of the new positions coming in. I don’t believe I’ve been given enough information by the Housing Corporation and the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs that they’ve done a complete and thorough examination of their staffing. I don’t think they’ve covered all the bases in terms of maybe re-profiling some employees to carry out this work. I think the lands officers definitely belong with MACA. They don’t have any place, as I see it, inside the Housing Corporation. I’m happy to hear that...
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Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mrs. Groenewegen.
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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to speak today on the issue of the availability of day care space and the government’s plan to address this issue as it affects most of the communities we represent. Last February, I spoke of how it is that the GNWT allows for a non-level playing field by allowing some non-profit day cares to operate out of government-owned facilities while others are left to fend for themselves at a huge disadvantage.
Mr. Speaker, this continues to be allowed to happen. The Minister and his department still don’t have any answers on how to correct it so none of...