Ronald Bonnetrouge
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 167)
Mahsi, MLA Kam Lake. I will now turn to the deputy chair of the Standing Committee on Social Development, the committee that reviewed the bill for any opening comments on Bill 80. MLA for Great Slave.
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Mahsi. The motion is in order. To the motion. MLA Inuvik Twin Lakes.
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Mahsi, MLA YK North. MLA Kam Lake.
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Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. And mahsi to the Minister of housing for that. I'm not even certain I've seen $600 million in Housing NWT budgets. So I'm not sure. There's still severe shortage of housing. The Member from Nunakput is still crying for housing. And still nothing is happening up there.
Mr. Speaker, does the housing Minister and staff truly believe that offloading housing rental stock to Indigenous organizations is a profitable business venture? Mahsi.
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Mahsi. To the motion. MLA Yellowknife north.
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Mahsi. Sergeantatarms, please escort the witnesses into the House.
MLA for Kam Lake, please introduce your witness.
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Mahsi, Mr. Speaker, and mahsi to the Minister for that. She's mentioned only one community. And I've asked why, you know, it was for the whole of the Northwest Territories because there was many communities that were missed as per my Member's statement.
Mr. Speaker, although this may have been a federal program, shouldn't Housing NT be aware of any programs initiated by the federal government and received a head's up from the Liberal Member of Parliament for the Northwest Territories and also from the NWT senator? Mahsi.
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Mahsi. To the motion. MLA Frame Lake.
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Can we proceed to a clausebyclause review of the bill?
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Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a few observations of Housing NWT that I would like to share with the House, and it helps to ease my mind for the time being.
Housing of residents is a major issue for all communities in the Northwest Territories, whether it be in the city, regional centres, or the smaller communities. Equally, and perhaps more important, are the isolated communities in the Beaufort region Sachs Harbour, Ulukhaktok, and Paulatuk.
I can only imagine the mental health of a tenant when they are evicted from a housing rental unit, have no place to stay, and most of these...