Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member's statement I said I was going to ask about the transportation contract for the construction of winter roads, but in fact the Minister had already given us a pretty good commitment in a meeting this morning so I'm not pursuing that. So I'm going to go to Mr. Krutko instead, the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation.

Mr. Speaker, there has been a project in the works in Hay River for many months related to seniors' housing. It has been called the Whispering Willows Seniors Complex, and as of late we haven't heard much of a...

Just a brief point to the motion, Mr. Chairman, and following up with what Mr. Braden said, we would like to pride ourselves on making good decisions and having good judgment as Members of this House. This is taking away our ability to do that and I can’t believe that anybody feels good about this decision. I can’t believe that anybody on this side of the House feels good about it. Nobody on this side can feel good about it. I bet you even the folks at Public Works and Services don’t feel good about this, or at Education, Culture and Employment. I think anybody who had to be part of bringing...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So I need time to add up these numbers here, but, Mr. Chairman, I’d like to ask the Minister, did PWS consider what their costs would be, what their lease costs would be if they went out to tender for this space to be provided by a private developer? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Well, that’s good to know, Mr. Chairman, because I still think that there is readily available land which is already zoned for the purposes of a building like this in Fort Simpson in a very prime location and I think that answer says that there is at least a small window of opportunity to have some more discussion on this. I think that’s what we should do. I mean, what you have to do is show a plan and maybe your plan is that everybody’s moving out anyway. Because you’re going to move into leased premises. I haven’t given up on that idea that that could be provided and delivered by a private...

That was a pretty fast list there but I was trying to do the math here. Could the Minister pass something out with this on it and maybe even has the GNWT client departments added up and maybe the NGOs added up, so that we could get a sense? Draw us a picture; this is the whole building, this is the government part, this is the NGO part and this is the vacant part. That’s what I am looking for.

Also, Mr. Chairman, while we are getting that…Are we getting that? Mr. Chairman, are we going to get that?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So I need time to add up these numbers here, but, Mr. Chairman, I’d like to ask the Minister, did PWS consider what their costs would be, what their lease costs would be if they went out to tender for this space to be provided by a private developer? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would then ask the Minister again, where are you at in the RFP process? How many units are you going to RFP for? Where are you at on that? Thank you.

That was a pretty fast list there but I was trying to do the math here. Could the Minister pass something out with this on it and maybe even has the GNWT client departments added up and maybe the NGOs added up, so that we could get a sense? Draw us a picture; this is the whole building, this is the government part, this is the NGO part and this is the vacant part. That’s what I am looking for.

Also, Mr. Chairman, while we are getting that…Are we getting that? Mr. Chairman, are we going to get that?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, who is going to own this social housing facility for seniors, either at the outset of this RFP or at the conclusion or at the end of a period of time? Who is the owner? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would then ask the Minister again, where are you at in the RFP process? How many units are you going to RFP for? Where are you at on that? Thank you.