Statements in Debates
You can inform the hamlet that if they need any assistance with the application funding, to contact the regional office. We have been able to assist them accessing some of the JEPP money that was out there that they were able to utilize. We’d be more than willing to assist the community. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We do have a manager in there and we do have a maintenance person, but they don’t have an LHO board. That’s been a question that’s been asked to me by some of the leadership of Tsiigehtchic. My answer to them was as soon as they write us a letter saying that they want to form an LHO and form a board. I think the last time was at the regional leaders meeting in Inuvik and I mentioned that to the chief in response to his question, and at the Gwich’in leadership meeting I responded to one of the councillor’s question with the same answer. We’re waiting to hear from them. We...
We don’t have that information right now. We’ll get it and relay it onto the Member. Thank you.
Mr. Chair, we will consult with all affected Aboriginal groups where required to do so. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have with me to my right, Mr. Jeff Polakoff, the CEO and president of the NWT Housing Corporation, and I have Mr. Jeff Anderson, vice-president of finance with the NWT Housing Corporation. Thank you.
Mr. Chair, it’s only $6 to us, but to a lot of tenants out there that $6 is a lot of money because we have a lot of social housing clients. So it’s beneficial to them to keep their power consumption as low as possible. So we’re starting to see that. We do see some folks coming in with bills in the $30 to $40 range. Some may be a little higher, but after a while I think they realize that its beneficial to them to use as little power as possible, and a lot of them being social assistance clients, they don’t have the means to pay. So $6 is a lot of money to some of those folks. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Member said that he was going to have discussions with the Fort Simpson mayor. As far as the vehicle the Member’s raising, I’m not sure if it’s still in Tulita. I’m not sure where it’s at right now. We’d have to find that out. Once the Member meets with the mayor, I’d appreciate if he could give me an update on what their wishes are in the community.
I’ve only been reassuring the Member for about a year and a half, and in that year and half we’ve seen a significant improvement. I have a lot of confidence in our LHOs and our corporation’s ability to deal with the deficit. I know the Member thinks I’m just trying to paint everything with rose coloured glasses, but I do have a lot of confidence in our LHOs. We are doing what we can to work with the LHOs. There are some costs that are borne by the LHOs that are uncontrollables that are usually reimbursed by the Housing Corporation, and there are some that are uncontrollable. It’s a work in...
Each community would have their own emergency preparedness plan, but I’ll commit to the Member to try to gather the information for him. I’ll commit to the Member to gather the number of communities that have their plans put together. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We contribute to the Take a Kid Trapping Program and we can have a discussion with the RWED Minister on Mr. Jacobson’s concerns. ENR Minister. RWED. Sorry.
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