Yellowknife Centre

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you to the witness for that explanation. Of this money that is coming to the territories through the new bilateral agreement, with all the caveats we've previously heard about, how much of this money is going to be allocated to the North Slave? Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Sure, Mr. Chair. My observation is that, rather than having an additional $1.5 million available for modernization and improvements, there is actually $750,000 available. My question is: could the difference have been made up in another way, rather than reducing minor modernization and improvements? Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So what I am hearing, then, is that the $1.5 million from the bilateral agreement is not really $1.5 million; it's more like $750,000 once it's plugged into all of the other variables. Is that correct? Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you. So this is not a pilot program; this is ongoing staffing costs that we will see in every budget going forward. Is that correct? Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Could the Minister please remind us how that money is going to be allocated? Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you for that. I understand that recently there was an agreement to transfer homelessness from ECE to the Housing Corporation. Is that reflected in these mains? Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks to the Minister for that. I'm talking here about communities that have a market, such as Yellowknife, not communities which only have public housing. What does success look like for the Housing Corporation in terms of getting people to buy homes? How many homes do they hope to sell in the next fiscal year? Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am not very well informed in this area, so what I understand it, though, to say is that this debt has been paid for the last 22 years and that there are many years to go before it comes down to zero. Is that correct? Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 3rd Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that answer from the Minister. I am glad to hear that this option is on the table. It would free up units for lower-income families in Yellowknife. The uptake on buying houses from people who are clients of public housing has been low, and I think that that is primarily because the incomes are low. How is the Housing Corporation going to entice more people to buy? Thank you.