Mackenzie Delta

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Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 51)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Louis Cardinal ferry needs to be a higher priority. The Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk Highway will be finished later this year, opening the region to industry and bringing more traffic to the ferry crossing.

Mr. Speaker, the Louis Cardinal is an old vessel. It's been sailing for close to 45 years. There has been talk of replacing it with the Merv Hardie ferry, Mr. Speaker, but the Merv Hardie is even older. Things have changed a lot in Mackenzie Delta in the last 45 years. Transportation technology is improving. Instead of retrofitting an old ferry, we could...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

I'm looking forward to that assessment. Would the Minister please provide a report once that's available?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a few questions for the Minister responsible for Education. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to ask the Minister: can the Minister provide a status update on work towards planning for renovations or replacement at Moose Kerr School site? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement. Thank you.

---Unanimous consent granted

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

Over the past five years in the Assembly I've noticed a lot of our buildings that are up for major repair or retrofit actually get replaced. A good example is our Stanton Territorial Hospital. We have other facilities in other communities as well, the Joe Greenland Centre.

Mr. Speaker, I just have another question for the Minister: when was the Moose Kerr School last assessed for asbestos risk? The school was built at the same time as Samuel Hearne, and in Samuel Hearne they actually found asbestos in that building. That was one of the reasons why that was replaced as well.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, colleagues. I was almost done, actually. These include possible asbestos risks, especially since asbestos was found in Inuvik's Samuel Hearne School, and road safety because lack of parking makes the school grounds difficult to navigate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and I'll have questions for the Minister later today.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 50)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I want to tell you what's been going on in Aklavik's Moose Kerr school over the past year, and I've got to say, they've been pretty busy. Last year, Moose Kerr's 14 teachers taught 161 children, kindergarten to grade 12 students. The school also hosted a safety-theme week, practising fire drills, lockdown procedures, firearm safety, and water safety in the summer, and later reviewing ice safety rules in the fall.

The spring celebration honoured students for strong attendance records and academic achievements, while the school also organized a...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 47)

As the Minister mentioned, we have space heaters in our elders' rooms. I'd like to ask the Minister: can the Minister advise me why elders' bills are still being affected by changing heating costs at the Joe Greenland Centre?

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 47)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, during the last sitting in October I had a few questions for the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation about the heating of the Joe Greenland Centre, a home for elders in Aklavik.

We've been through a few ups and downs with the Joe Greenland Centre. Back in 2012 it had closed down, but thanks to the work of Members and government at the time, it reopened in the fall of 2015. The Department of Health and Social Services teamed up with the Housing Corporation on the design. The new facility has many different modern features; all the things that...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 47)

That's great news. I hope we could go back to last year when the actual problem started. Our elders have been paying these bills all last winter and this winter. I hope we could fix this problem. The other thing was, I know in our last government we were looking at putting more wood pellet boilers into many of the communities to fix these sorts of issues. Would the Minister be willing to look at this for the Joe Greenland Centre?