Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Mr. Chair. The survey will ask questions about affordability in terms of income, I guess, of some communities. I am not quite sure what that level of detail, but how about the other two aspects of core need: suitability and adequacy? How are those aspects to be reflected in the survey that’s to be undertaken? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I guess I’m totally confused now about surveys and plans. Can the Minister tell me what sort of surveys she was just discussing with my colleague and how that relates to the fiveyear housing needs surveys that are conducted by the NWT Housing Corporation? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that there’s going to be some research done on this, but could the Minister commit to get back to the standing committee later in 201617 with a plan to do this?

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Just a followup on my colleague’s questions: I think one of the best ways to promote energy conservation is to share some of those savings with people that are in public housing. Is there a plan or a way that that can be done to help encourage people in public housing to save energy? Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Merci, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate, again, the response from the Minister. I’m speaking, I guess, from some personal experience here, too, because both of our children went through Ecole Allain St-Cyr, and they never had a gymnasium or access to some special classrooms. I’m just wondering when the students and their families can expect to actually walk through the doors and have equitable access to the same facilities that other Yellowknife schools have. When can we expect to have this work actually done?

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the Minister letting us know that there are some intricacies to working with the other two territories. I look forward to having a discussion at committee around that. You know, our submissions to the federal government for our needs don’t always have to go within the federal budget. Even some of the infrastructure funding that might be made available is going to be wide open. We may be able to use that avenue to help fund core housing needs in the Northwest Territories. In any event, I understand how we need to work with Nunavut and Yukon, and I look forward to...

I do appreciate the response from the Minister, and I did give him a headsup because I’ve been requested to sort of follow-up on this matter by the commission. The commission, itself has undertaken efforts to persuade federal officials, including the Heritage Canada Minister, to provide additional funds for the expansion of Ecole Allain St-Cyr, but the response from the federal Minister was that CSFT and all the commissions scolaires need to go back to GNWT and get them to make the request for additional funding. We’re sort of running around here. I understand from the Minister that he’s...

Thanks, Mr. Chair, I’ll try to keep this short and I don’t want to prolong the discussion. I don’t know what Yukon and Nunavut are doing in terms of preparing a plan or a proposal for the federal government…

I’m hoping I can get the Minister’s attention.

Masi, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize Yvonne Quick, who’s a constituent in the gallery. I can’t quite see her but she’s done a lot of very important work in the development of the tourism industry here in the Northwest Territories. I also want to recognize Sam Gargan. I had the privilege of working with Sam when he was a regular MLA on a private Member’s bill to introduce access to information legislation in the Northwest Territories. Thanks, Sam.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. that’s good to hear, because then there will be a consistent way of costing out the work, and the Housing Corp knows how to cost out housing projects, so they will be applying some sort of consistent methodology presumably, and that stuff can be rolled up. Then would we be in a position to make some predictions of how that will address core needs across the Northwest Territories? Thanks, Mr. Chair.