Inuvik Twin Lakes

Statements in Debates

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 28)

I don’t have that information handy, but I will commit to the Member that I’ll check with our lands administration. I’ll also check with Transportation as far as a setback goes. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 28)

Mr. Chair, they are in Inuvik right now, but they do have plans to get into Norman Wells and Fort Simpson so they can have a presence in some of the larger regional centres. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 28)

With this we multisport game funding of $650,000 that will flow to Sport North trough the Sport and Recreation Council. We are confident this will address a lot of their concerns about the lack of funding. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 28)

Mr. Speaker, the needs survey is done every five years, but we have had a significant investment in the last three years. It runs out after next year, so we are looking at doing a kind of an interim survey at the time to see how much we have affected the survey numbers. I do believe that once we do this two-year cycle the numbers will be down quite a bit.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 28)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. If its Commissioner’s land within a municipal boundary, then it will be just a matter of them rezoning it for agricultural. Commissioner’s land outside of municipal boundaries we really haven’t been asked by anyone about accessing, but the opportunity is always there. I mean, if its Commissioner’s land and they go through the proper process, then the opportunity is there. Thank you.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 27)

I think I’m going to let you try to explain this. Mr. Chair, the Member is throwing a lot of numbers out there. So I think what I’m going to do, and I couldn’t quite understand it and I’m not going to pretend that I did.

You know, my line is that we’re trying to use the core needs survey to identify where we can put units on the ground in the ‘11-12 budget. Obviously the Member feels that there is some issue with the way the numbers are and we just looked in some of the communities… I mean, core need is also affordability and with the economic downturn obviously that has a huge effect on the...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 27)

Okay. I got lost here. In the Northwest Territories there are almost 500 on the waiting list across the Territories. So we have a huge job ahead of us. We’re taking little steps here in the city to try and alleviate some of the problem. I couldn’t answer the Member’s question as to why there’s such a huge waiting list. There could be a migration of people into the city. There could be many other reasons. And the economy could have a part in it. But we’re doing what we can. I can assure the Member that we’ll continue to work with the City of Yellowknife and the CMHC on this affordable housing...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 27)

I mean, obviously, we’re always interested in doing some research. I mean, you obviously have to try to get the best product on the ground. One of the drawbacks to this particular one was good that people were able to get trained. One of the big drawbacks is you have to make a business case for everything and if it’s too expensive to build, then it is something that we have to take into consideration. If you can get more stick built units on the ground as opposed to log homes, then that is something you have to be aware of. We are always looking for ways to improve the quality of our products...

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 27)

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As I stated before, this was one-time funding but we have not closed the door on this. This is money of which there’s been an uptake of right now. We’re more than willing in the future if the program continues to be a success and we find that we do need more funding, then we’ll come back to this forum to request the funding.

Debates of , 16th Assembly, 4th Session (day 27)

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think the Member said it very well when he first started, when he said the Housing Corporation can’t do everything. That’s a very important comment, especially with the challenges we face right now. We do continue to work with the communities. We’re trying to have community-based decisions. We work with communities with lease commitments. We have communities where we’re leasing space from them. In some communities, a small community might be one building that we’re leasing from them and being rented out. The housing for staff was another one where there was a good...