Inuvik Twin Lakes

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Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 67)

Obviously, we want to work with the community and bring some of the wishes of the community forward, but this was a plan that was already in the works, and we will continue to see if we can carry out the plan. Once we do that, our officials at the regional level would work with them on the design, best practices, efficiency and the whole thing of financing. We will work with them on that, then the decision will be made whether to bring this forward or not, or begin the actual construction. There are some issues with the existing one, so that would almost cause this one to be a priority. Thank...

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 67)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a couple of Pages from Inuvik Twin Lakes that have been working here all week: Dustin Smith and Chantel Schab, and they’ve been chaperoned by my constituency assistant, who I recognized the other day without saying her name. My constituency assistant is Leah Ipana, who’s chaperoning them. We appreciate all the work that the Pages do during our time in session. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 66)

Through the programs that we offer the communities. Like, we work directly with the communities. If the communities want to purchase that particular piece of equipment and work with a local organization to operate it for them, I think that is allowed under gas tax and through the CPI funding again. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 66)

I believe that was one-time federal money that they accessed to purchase that equipment. But through the programs that we offer, the Gas Tax Agreement and the CPI funding, they are able to use those funds to purchase those pieces of equipment that they might need to get their residents around. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That’s a good idea. We’ll work closely with the Department of Health, and all the information that we can gather, we’ll make sure that it’s available on our website. We will take the Member’s suggestion and we’ll work to implement it. Thank you.

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Thank you, Mr. Chair. We appreciate that support.

As the work picks up, there will be opportunities where we will have to come forward to request more money to deal with all the work that we are doing. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I thank the Member for his comments. I think we’ve all been to the communities and we’ve seen the work that they’ve done. With the responsibility they’ve been given they’ve done a lot of fantastic projects in the community. As the Member said, they have the ability now to make the decisions as to what their priorities are. I appreciate the comments and a shout out to the communities.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 66)

I would, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 66)

For the NGO to access the money that a community gets, that’s not part of the process. When there is some money there, I think it was $350,000 that may come over to MACA for the NGO Stabilization Fund and it’s for governance and management and organizational development. So, as to actually purchasing infrastructure, again, that would have to go through the community.

Debates of , 17th Assembly, 5th Session (day 66)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. When the Member asked his original question, he mentioned a particular community, so I just assumed it was a community-owned asset. I didn’t realize that it was the council. But the communities do have the ability. As to the council itself, I’m not sure what programs might be there for them. I’m just speaking to it from a community perspective and my apologies for misunderstanding the question if there was a misunderstanding there. Thank you.