Rocky Simpson

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess as I sit here and I listen to, you know, the comments and the answers from the Minister is that, you know, there's no doubt that you know, there's no doubt that we need housing. And it seems like the only game in town is the housing corporation and I think that's you know, it's a good approach but I think we have to expand that, and we you know, we talk about it you know, we talk about Indigenous governments. I don't see them in front of us to tell me personally what they're doing to increase housing stock. You know, we've got to tie housing into economic...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I ask the Minister of health and social services what are the barriers to incorporating the HRHSSA into the NTHSSA? And I ask that question as residents of Hay River are concerned that this separation is, in part, one of the reasons the community cannot attract doctors or fill vacant health positions which in the end impacts timely and quality health care for our residents. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, I just wanted to make sure that you know, that we talked about, you know, fire damage and the impact on tourism. So I'm glad that, you know, your department is on it and watching it and understand the importance of tourism in the South Slave and throughout the Northwest Territories. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to you know, we had the fire here this you know, I guess in the spring and in the you know, this last one here and some of it impacted some of the parks. I'm just wondering if any of this infrastructure any of these infrastructure projects have been impacted by the fire. Are we seeing anything being pushed back because of that? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess that was my next question. Has the site been secured for it, and you have answered that. Is that site will it be adjacent to the current health centre, or will it be accessible, I guess, as will there be some type of connection between the health centre and this facility? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, I just want to know if there's been a requirement to update the cost and scope of work for the project? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yeah, I just wanted to do these off the cuff here to make sure that I was satisfied that the Minister was up to speed on this file, and she seems to be. So I guess I would and a good thing is that I hear that we are looking at looking for funding or support from the federal government, I think, for ongoing harbour maintenance, and I just want to make sure that, you know, that we don't let off on that and that the Minister keeps after the feds for that because we've got we've got a fairly big harbour there, and there's a lot more work to do. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I'd thank the Minister for that response. And I guess since we lost three or four weeks here, will we be able to accomplish the scope of work that was set out in the RFP, or are we going to have to come back to this next season? Thank you.

When we're talking about incorporation. Will the Minister commit to identifying the financial amount we are talking about and whether it would have to be allocated in one fiscal year, or could it be accomplished over several years? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell me if incorporating the HRHSSA into the NTHSSA was to proceed, what would the process be and the timeline to complete such amalgamation? Thank you.