Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the answer from the department. Can you just maybe give me two or three examples of large carry-overs, then, for 2017-2018? I know I might be jumping the gun in terms of the public accounts, but what were just two or three of the big carryover items that did not get done? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. That's great and, of course, I'm going to say the sooner the better, but I'll leave it to the Minister and his staff to prepare it. We've got it before us so the work has already been done internally, presumably.

Can I get a commitment out of the Minister that, in future infrastructure acquisition plans or capital budgets, that will become a regular component of the document with future capital budgets? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Not so much a general comment. It is on page 32. I see that the capital budget for the department jumps around quite a bit. In 2016-2017, the actuals were $34.8 million. Last year, the original estimate was $13.1 million, and it ended up being $45.6 million. This year, it is about $14 million. What is going on with the expenditures from the department? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know I'm pushing the envelope here. Lastly, then, the motion that was passed in the House to develop basically an action plan to reduce our housing core needs, when are we going to see that action plan? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

I don't seem to be having much luck with the Minister today. He still hasn't answered my question about whether he can make this study available on his departmental website.

Of course, if there are 10 communities missing childcare facilities or programs, that should be part of an action plan. The proposed revisions to the mandate would axe the commitment to universal childcare and the action item in our current version of the mandate calls for an action plan for universal daycare within the next two years. It doesn't mean we're going to do it; it just says that we should have a plan to do it...

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that. It's a simple question, I guess, for the Minister: when she goes to Ottawa, do we have a proposal, a plan, for housing that she can give to Ministers to say this is what we need and we've got a plan to fill it?

This sort of harkens back to the motion that was passed in this House calling on the corporation to develop a plan to reduce our core housing needs by 2 per cent per year. What can the Minister give to a federal minister to show what our needs are, what our plan is to deal with housing, other than a long list of sorry statistics? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

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.