Robert C. McLeod

Mr. Speaker, I don’t have the numbers broken down as per region. However, I can gather that information and share it with the Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Before I start my Member’s statement, I want to use this opportunity to wish my uncle Abel Tingmiak happy birthday. Abel is in his 60s and he’s still flying around on the blanket toss.

Spring carnivals are just around the corner. Up in the Beaufort-Delta we’re very fortunate that we’ve got four or five communities that are very closely linked and we’re able to travel between the communities to take part in the carnivals up there. We have the carnival in Tsiigehtchic, and the Peel River Jamboree in Fort McPherson, the Mad Trapper Rendezvous in Aklavik, the Beluga Jamboree...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are planning on implementing some of the changes to the rent scale on July 1st. As far as delaying any evictions until August, I’m not sure we would have evictions in place. If the Member is referring to the moratorium, that’s still going to go ahead on April 1st and between now and August. Let us hope that we don’t have any more people that are in positions where they’re going to be evicted. I think with some of the changes that are being proposed to the rent scale, people will find those changes very beneficial and it will address a lot of the concerns that...

I’m not quite sure what the theme is. I’d have to check on that. I know, I know, I should know what the theme is. There are people over at… If I talk long enough then they might get it over from MACA. I’ll just keep going for the next 10 or 15 minutes. Anyway, I’ll find out what it is and I’ll come in here and let the Member know.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to take this opportunity to also recognize Mr. Charlie Furlong from Aklavik, and a former colleague and good friend to Judy and I, Ms. Sandy Lee.

I don’t think there’s been a minimum amount of funds. What we’re asking people to do again – I think we’re going back to the moratorium question – is to enter into a repayment plan, a fairly reasonable repayment plan and not just enter into it for the sake of keeping themselves in the unit, but to enter it with the intent to honour it and then they’d be able to stay in their units a lot longer. As far as I know, there really is no minimum set, but that may vary between LHOs. I can follow up and let the Member know.

Well, first and foremost our goal is to have our young people out participating in the games. We’ve been very fortunate in the past. We’ve always sent strong teams to the Arctic Winter Games and they’ve always been able to do us proud. Whether they win gold, silver, bronze or just the fact that they participate, they’ve done us very proud. I think one of the most important awards in the Arctic Winter Games is probably the Stuart Hodgson Trophy which is presented to the team that combines the best sportsmanship. I think that’s a very important award. The fact that our young people have an...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The team is pretty well finalized. We have over 350 players, coaches and chaperones that will be going to Whitehorse from March 4th to 10th. We were quite pleased this year that we had over 970 athletes participating in the territorial trials, and out of those 970 there were about 680 from outside Yellowknife. I think that’s reflective of the good work that all the sporting partner organizations are doing in getting sports out into the communities. Everything is on schedule. Our team is set to go. They will be in Whitehorse from March 4th to 10th bringing back straight...

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to provide an update on the Shelter Policy review which began during the last Legislative Assembly and is now almost finished. The Shelter Policy review was a broad-based examination of housing in the Northwest Territories and was intended to provide a long-term strategic framework for housing.

Improving housing conditions is one of the key priorities of the 17th Legislative Assembly, and completing and implementing the Shelter Policy review was identified as a key component of advancing this priority.

The Shelter Policy review included broad-based engagement with...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Money for Betty House was first identified in 2009-2010 and was gone through revised estimates. We had some opportunity to have some discussions and that. However, that doesn’t take away from the fact that Members feel like they weren’t properly consulted on this particular issue, and if that’s the case then I take full responsibility for that and ensure that any projects coming through NWT Housing Corporation in the future will be consulted with the Members like we normally do. This is just one that through different circumstances – change of Assemblies, Ministers...