Herbert Nakimayak

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to recognize my constituency assistant Ora Mercredi, and also Mr. Stan Cochrane, who we worked together on the Darnley Bay project which I just mentioned earlier. So welcome to Stan. It is good to see you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to welcome constituent Ray Ruben, the Mayor of Paulatuk. Ray's sat on the Paulatuk Community Corporation, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, and the Paulatuk Hunters and Trappers. I just want to welcome him here today. It's nice to have a constituent travel from your region to visit the Legislative Assembly during session. Also Charlie Furlong who's sitting up there with Mr. Ruben. Welcome to the House. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

It's good to see that seniors are accessing the program. My third question for the Minister, Mr. Speaker, is how does the department advertise the program to make sure that everyone who might need it can access it?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, earlier I spoke about the Senior Home Heating Subsidy. My questions are for the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Mr. Speaker, my first question for the Minister is the Senior Home Heating Subsidy guidelines were last updated in June 2016. What do the recent changes mean for the current and prospective clients? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I'd like to share with the elders who are watching across the Northwest Territories about the Senior Home Heating Subsidy. Mr. Speaker, winter has arrived here in all the communities across the Northwest Territories. Heavy snowfall and sudden drop in the temperature ended the moderate autumn and reminded us that we live in the Northwest Territories.

With the days getting shorter and the snow piling higher and the mercury dropping, I want to make sure that NWT residents know about the Senior Home Heating Subsidy. This program is run by the Department of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate the answer from the Minister. The Minister was talking about thresholds, and my final question for the Minister, Mr. Speaker, is what is the current income threshold for seniors who qualify for the home heating subsidy program? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, my second question to the Minister is how many residents used the Senior Home Heating Subsidy in the last fiscal year?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just on page DOT-3, the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk all-weather highway. I just wanted a few details on that, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to welcome a couple of pages from Mangilaluk School in Tuktoyaktuk, Carmen Kuptana and Shane Wolki, and as well their chaperone, Mr. Hayden Stewart, who is up in the gallery. Welcome. It's good to have constituents here at the Legislative Assembly. As well, a translator from Inuvik, an Inuvialuit translator, Ms. Lillian Elias, who is sitting in the translation room, and as well as a couple of high school friends I grew up with, Eileen Bunik Allen and Moses Momo Aitana. It's good to have a lot of Inuvialuit here at the Legislative Assembly today. I think we're...