Ronald Bonnetrouge

Mahsi, Government House Leader and Minister Simpson. The Point of Order has been raised regarding the comments made yesterday during Committee of the Whole by Ms. WeyallonArmstrong. I will allow debate on the Point of Order.

Ms. WeyallonArmstrong, would you like to respond.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. I've got questions under the apprentices. I want to first thank the Minister and her department for initiating the journeyman housing maintainer program. Our maintenance staff in Providence are really looking forward to it.

What we notice too, because I was an employee of the LHO in the maintenance department too as a journeyman housing maintainer, but when we were there, we always looked in awe at the Department of Public Works and Services at that time, and it was always in the larger centres. Specifically this one we were looking at was in Hay River. They had a full slate...

Does committee agree?

Members, we shall take a fiveminute break and resume to deal with the Point of Order. Mahsi.

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Mahsi, Mr. O'Reilly. Ms. Nokleby.

Mahsi, Ms. WeyallonArmstrong. Thank you again, and I will take the matter under advisement. We will take a okay, yeah, Mr. O'Reilly.

I now call Committee of the Whole to order. Minister Simpson.

Mahsi, Madam Chair. Mahsi for that. Regarding, you know, having a hard time getting the hours to meet their apprenticeship, you know, hours per year, that's not a problem when you have someone on staff that recognizes journeymen. You're on staff and you're on pay. So your hours are covered automatically too for the whole year. Because even I as just a housing maintainer, I was able to collect all my hours when I worked there when I was going to go challenge the OBM course but someone didn't allow me into the course for I don't know what reason. But anyways, the hours are not a problem to get...

Agreed, thank you, committee. We will take a short recess and resume with the NWT Housing Corporation. Mahsi.

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All right, I'll now call the Committee of the Whole back to order.

On the Points of Order raised by the Government House Leader, points 1 and 2, I find there is no Point of Order on those, and the Member has apologized on the third point and the committee will accept that apology. And we've concluded that Point of Order.

So Member for Frame Lake, what is the wish of committee?