Norman Yakeleya

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to return to item 14 on the orders of the day.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate the Minister’s response and I think that’s what the people in Good Hope want to know, is that the department will bring in some people to clearly outline how the housing subsidy is being administered now, because right now they’re seeing a high increase in the rent as when it was administered by the NWT Housing Corporation. So can we stop them from moving out of their houses? Again, I appreciate the Minister to go in there and thoroughly explain, and then can he have a translator also provided at this meeting here? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question today is to the Honourable Charles Dent, the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. It’s regarding the public housing rental subsidy, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, one particular community in my region is having some difficulty in terms of the understanding of this new rental subsidy and it’s causing quite a chaos, havoc for some people. Actually, they’re actually thinking about moving out of these houses. I want to ask the Minister, Minister Dent, if there’s any way that his department can go into Fort Good Hope and talk to people on this...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in our communities down the Northwest Territories there are people in the communities and regions that are well known, that you remember from time to time either coming up and speaking to you personally, or coming to a regional meeting and giving their opinions, or trying to get something going in the communities for their special interest groups, or you see them in talent shows, or drum dances, or hand games, or any kind of community feasts. These people have a special talent or special gift that you remember that has a special place in your heart as an...

I am going to say that as a comment, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I just want to ask the Minister, because he said the plans are in the works now to put into capital, maybe, the new facility for people in the Nahendeh and Deh Cho, so we call it Deh Cho Hall. That facility is in Fort Simpson so it's in that area. So is there plans to put a new facility in replacement of this building that we're talking about? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Now the gloves come off here.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last year in Tulita, they had dust control. I think they did about 100 feet of dust control because that is all the funding they had. So everybody got into 100 feet of the air so there is no dust in that area. If the Minister can come into Tulita this summer or in the Sahtu communities and see for himself the kind of funding that goes into dust control programs so that the whole main streets in each of the Sahtu communities are adequately funded and to have proper dust control measures in there. Thank you.

Thank you. Can the Minister then tell me whether the plans are for communities in the region in terms of the Chipsealing Program? I may have to get a little more specific in saying Fort Good Hope. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this month and last month, many parents down the Mackenzie Valley and the whole Northwest Territories and all the students in the schools had something to celebrate. A lot of these parents put their children through high school; blood, sweat and tears of these young students. I know; I put a couple through myself, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, these parents when they first put their little ones into kindergarten, you know how time flies. The number of hours, the number of times you talk to your children, get them to school, get dressed, comb your hair, you...