Frieda Martselos
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Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)
Sorry, Madam Chair. I am getting too tired. I said I wanted to make sure, Madam Chair, that I just put a statement in on the corporate management side, too, because I am very strong on making sure that we, as a government, do not think of only all these other things. We have to have a balance, I know that, with climate change, environment, and stuff, but we also have to move forward. I am not going to ask any questions. I don't know how the Minister feels about that. I just want to see how she feels about that, because I sit here and I listen. As a businessperson and being 50 years in business...
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)
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Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)
Mr. Speaker, it's good to see the Minister say she will do X, Y, and Z, but it means nothing if there is no follow-up by the Minister to ensure these things get done right. Will the Minister commit to doing regular follow-ups with her department to ensure her instructions are being properly followed? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)
Will the Minister acknowledge that systemic racism does occur within the NWT Housing Corporation and that it must be addressed?
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)
Mr. Speaker, today, I am talking about housing and the need for improvements to be made within the area of client services. The NWT Housing Corporation is a government agency that administers and oversees all of the territory's housing programs and housing options available to residents of the NWT. Based on its structure and function alone, at the end of the day, this agency, the NWT Housing Corporation, is a client-service-based organization. It is about serving the people of the NWT in the best possible way for all of their housing needs.
Mr. Speaker, based on the feedback I am hearing from...
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)
No, Madam Chair.
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)
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Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 45)
I listened to some of the comments around the table. Economic recovery is extremely important. Economic recovery means new dreams, new developments, new things. When I hear comments that are, "These monies and allocations were given for certain projects. They can't be changed to universal childcare. They cannot be changed to something else" -- when we sit around this table and we're talking about infrastructure and we're not even discussing that in that right department, it amazes me on some of the things that are brought here at this level in that sense.
I, too, agree with universal childcare...
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 43)
Would the Minister agree that some of the monies for the on-the-land programs could be used to hire and coordinate a program for after-care once the client returns home?
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 43)
Mr. Speaker, I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that Committee Report 5-19(2), Standing Committee on Government Operations Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Annual Report of the Information and Privacy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, be received by the Assembly and moved into Committee of the Whole for consideration. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.