Robert C. McLeod

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’ll take that question as notice.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We’re willing to have our staff go in there and assist the community in developing a plan for their future infrastructure. Then, at the end of the day, the decision will be the community’s one to make. But we’re more than willing to do our part in assisting.

Yes I would, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my left I have Mr. David Kravitz, manager of community governance; to my right I have Mr. Thomas Druyan, legislative counsel.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I was paying attention. I was just looking for it on my iPad.

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And I found it. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thanks for the opportunity to introduce Bill 13, An Act to Repeal the Curfew Act. The Curfew Act is old legislation and is no longer required. Municipal governments have the authority to pass bylaws to establish curfews.

With respect to designated authorities, the Curfew Act provides that the Commissioner may establish a community as a curfew district upon receiving a petition signed by two-thirds of the parents of the community. No designated authority has shown...

Mr. Speaker, I don’t believe we’ve downloaded the responsibility on to the communities. I think communities have embraced the new responsibility they have. In many of my meetings with the communities and meetings with the NWT Association of Communities, they have pointed out the fact that they do like the New Deal, it was called at the time, where a lot of the responsibilities were devolved on to the communities. They weren’t downloaded. I just wanted to make that point again.

It’s a tough question to answer, because when we’re talking about the infrastructure, I’ve been saying it here for the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As a government, we have a lot of programs that are designed specifically for our youth. Unfortunately, the capital part of it is not a part of the support that we give to our youth. We have a number of programs, and I think the Member pointed them out before, Youth Ambassadors and all the programs we have. If there is a desire by the youth in the community to have a piece of infrastructure, I would advise them to go speak to their local government, who have the authority to distribute the funds in the community.

I have to say that in many of the communities I have...

The community has an allocation from this government for their infrastructure and they will determine on their own what they want to use that money for. If it goes towards an arena, again, that would be their decision, and our role in it is to support the community and help them find other sources of funding or secure bank financing if the need arises. But we will work with the community and explain to them what some of their options are.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To my left I have Mr. Kevin Brezinski. He is the director of public safety. To my right I have Mr. Thomas Druyan, who is the legislative counsel. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I will commit to the Member and all Members that we will provide them with a briefing as to some of the steps that we’re taking.

The president said that I am the chair of the P/T Ministers of Housing. We had a quick meeting in the spring and there was a concern from all the Ministers from across the country on the declining CMHC funding. What happened is we are losing. Last year I think we lost close to $1 million. They weren’t feeling it as much down south as we were up here because it’s a big portion of ours, but they’re starting to feel it now, so you’re getting the...