Robert C. McLeod

Inuvik Twin Lakes

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 25)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the money is for program development and training. Thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 25)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, what I can commit to the Member is we will reconcile these numbers here with the Housing Corporation mains because I think it will show up in the Housing Corporation mains. Their mains are still getting an increase of funding partly from the federal government. What I will commit to do is I will reconcile this, and then I will share it with the Member. Hopefully, we will have a better understanding of how the numbers came to be. Mr. Chair, thank you.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 25)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member is correct. The audits were done. We have a couple of communities that are facing some challenges. I am not sure if it is appropriate to speak to those particular communities in a public forum such as this. If we enter into a briefing with committee, I would be glad to share some of the information, some of the details. Through the accountability framework, we are going to have the capacity now to pick up a lot of these issues soon. That will prevent a lot of our communities, as in the past, from getting into any financial difficulties. We will be...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 25)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, our regional fire marshal or assistant fire marshals, as they’re called, will work with communities to identify some of the challenges they face. If there’s some training capacity or capacity issues they’ll help them design a program or help them get trained so they can deal with that. If there’s an equipment issue or if it’s a capital issue, then they will work with them to identify exactly what they need, what they could use, and then the community has it within the money that’s provided by MACA to purchase the proper equipment. My understanding is our fire...

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 25)

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. We’re just giving the amounts that were approved. As for the actual applications and the requests, we would have to go back and look at the applications, total the requests, and then we can share with the Member or all Members, if they require it. I will make that commitment to share that number with the Member. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 25)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member is correct. I mean, they can apply for it every year. They can bank it, and they can also supplement it with their O and M funding or their capital funding as well, to offset the cost. The Member is absolutely correct, they can bank it. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 25)

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we, I think, just finalized the draft, and we’re anticipating within a month or two that we will be able to have developed materials. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 25)

Yes, thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, it’s not something that we are looking at, at the moment. However, having said that, we are going into business plans in September. We have three weeks, I believe, with business plans. There’ll be opportunity there for us to have that discussion with Members on a way forward. We look forward to having that discussion because we have seen some of the numbers that the Member references. We’ll have that discussion with Regular Members when we go through our business plans in September, and we’ll plan a course of action from there. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 25)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, we will have the research done during the life of this Assembly, and then we will make a determination of whether it is viable and if it is something that will work here in our jurisdiction but the research itself will be done. We will share that with Members and get some feedback from the Members as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Debates of , 18th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 25)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the liability issue is: if somebody felt they were mishandled they could actually sue the community because they didn’t have the proper training, and so our challenge is to make sure the communities have the proper training. For us to say that we would take on the liability, I think we’re just opening ourselves up for potential lawsuits or anything along those lines. Our challenge and our goal should be to make sure the communities are adequately trained that they can respond, and then they can go the next step and get an ambulance if they choose to do so. But...