Ronald Bonnetrouge

Mahsi, Madam Chair. And mahsi to the Minister for that. I like her commitment there. But it's her commitment. I don't know if it'll actually happen, but I really hope that it will. I'll be watching these projects moving forward any ways to see that they're being done properly from the ground up.

You've got six – 15 units public housing. Is that the rental units, and what kind of retrofits are you planning for them? Mahsi.

So, that's good. So I'll just get to the nittygritty of I notice in Fort Providence here we got 21 units. They're major retrofits. Six are for HELP. I know they're home entrylevel units. Oh, by the way, I know some contractors would be eating steak every night now, I guess, but. But the HELP program, the home entry level Homeownership Entry Level, I think that's the program, isn't that just new housing that was turned over to some clients, and if so, why are we doing major retrofits on them so suddenly? Masi.

Madam Chair. Madam Chair, committee's report was read into the record on November 23rd, 2021 so I do not have any additional substantive comments to add at this time. Individual Members may have comments on the report. I would like to thank the committee for their work on this report. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker, and mahsi to the Minister for some good news. Looking forward to all that to help our small communities address their chronic diseases.

Mr. Speaker, the department's plan to implement communitybased models to promote selfmanagement of chronic diseases in creating new diabetic/dietician positions, or someone that looks after diabetes, can the Minister elaborate further on the department's plans for the positions and, specifically, into the small communities? Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, according to the Department of Health and Social Services business plan for 20212022, one of the key activities to address diabetes is to implement Primary Health Care Reform. The Minister stated in the House on February 9th, 2021 that the Deh Cho would begin to receive PHCR by December 2021. Can the Minister explain what the Primary Health Care Reform program is all about? Mahsi.

Yeah, asking if these were the public housing units, are they the rental units, and the and my question was what major retrofits are being conducted on these units. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to speak to our education system and my concerns that we are not providing our youth with the tools needed to succeed in life.

Mr. Speaker, eight years ago, the Department of Education, Culture and Employment published the Education Renewal and Innovation Framework. It was a tenyear strategy guiding the department's activities until 2023. The intent was to radically change the NWT's junior kindergarten to grade 12 education system.

In 2020, the Auditor General of Canada published a report called Early Childhood to Grade 12 Education in the...

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. And mahsi to the Minister for that. Some of my questions might be repetitive.

Mr. Speaker, there are many former students, many have dropped out or have not attained the required grade 12 grade-level staying in our communities with no hope for a future in the work force. How would the Minister explain the various ECE initiatives to our high school students to show how they help improve their school success. Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, supporting our youth is essential, particularly in high school starting from grades 7 or 8 when we start seeing students dropping out. My question to the Minister, what is the department doing to support students in high school grades 7 to 12 to stay in school? Mahsi.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister explain how the department's significant initiatives are linked to each other in order to improve student grade levels and outcomes? I'm thinking of the department's renewal strategy, the proposed changes to the Education Act, the new Skills for Success Strategic Framework that the department is preparing, and even the Aurora College transformation. Mahsi.