Kevin O'Reilly

Merci, Monsieur le President. My statement earlier today referred to the Feasibility Study of Universal Affordable Daycare in the NWT that was prepared at the direction of the last Assembly. You can find the study in our tabled documents if you know where to look. It's available on the University of Toronto website, but if you look on the GNWT website, including the Education, Culture and Employment Department, you can't find it there.

Will the Minister commit to putting this study back among the resource documents of his departmental website? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Sorry, that's a question to the...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. That is helpful, but we are not actually expanding our housing stock in any way. When it says here "replacement," we are replacing a unit that is not as derelict in the community. We are not actually expanding our housing stock in any ways. Is that the case? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. That answered one of the other questions I was going to have. How long has this $15 million allocation for capital within the Housing Corporation been pegged or capped at $15 million? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank, Mr. Chair. Yes, I think I've heard the words "seamless transition" from the Minister before in a different context, so I'm not sure I want to go there.

Can the Minister commit to provide a bit more of a plan for what this resource centre is going to look like, when it might be open, and what actually happened with the materials and with the court library? Can he give us a written update? I don't want to prolong this, but can he commit to give us a written update and a plan for the resource centre? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Sorry, I was waiting for the microphone to come on. Let us get this clear, then. We are not cutting back our funding because the feds are coming back in again? Is that what I am hearing? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. When can we expect this resource centre to actually open its doors to the public? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I get that the Minister is very knowledgeable about this and he's committed that we're going to get some long-term care beds; that's great. I'm just trying to understand better the decision to locate the facility in Hay River versus Fort Smith.

I understand that there's some kind of data that talks about a price point of 24 beds and 48. If he can provide, and it doesn't have to be here, some more detailed analysis of these price points and how we can start to build smaller facilities to meet the needs in our smaller communities, and we've heard that in this House over the...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the commitment by the Minister, and I will encourage him to get that included in the business plans. I do not know if it is ECE or through the Aurora Research Institute or some other department. We have got the line finished. Let us invest the money to make sure that we fully benefit, and that the region fully benefits from this, and I do not have to tell that to the Minister because it is his riding. Thanks, Mr. Chair. That is all I have.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I'll just preface my questions with I'm trying to understand the decision to locate a new long-term care facility in Hay River. Can the Minister or staff tell me: what is the demand going to be from the South Slave for long-term care beds? I think it's probably in the NWT long-term care program review. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I guess I'm getting half of what I want. This is an important policy. We passed it in the House, as I seem to recall, so showing some accountability to the public that we actually live by this policy would be helpful in the future capital budgets, but I'm going to leave it to the Minister. Maybe we can work that out with the next one. It looks like he wants to say something so I'm happy to get his comments. Thanks, Mr. Chair.