Ronald Bonnetrouge
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Mahsi, MLA Great Slave. I will now open the floor to general comments on Bill 80. MLA for Twin Lakes.
Mahsi. The motion is in order. To the motion.
Mahsi. MLA for YK North.
I call Committee of the Whole to order. Committee, we have agreed to consider Bill 80, Dental Hygienists Professions Statutes Amendment Act. I will ask the sponsoring Member of the bill to provide opening remarks. MLA for Kam Lake.
Mahsi. To the motion. MLA Monfwi.
Mahsi. Committee, we will defer the bill number and the title until after consideration of the clauses. Please turn to page 3 of the bill.
Clause 1, does the committee agree? Member for YK North.
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I think the Minister's really missing my point on this whole my Member's statement alluded to the Rapid Housing programs and the fact that the Housing NT Minister and staff didn't do enough to ensure that every community was going to get some units, because I'm saying everybody's been crying for housing, especially in the Beaufort Delta where there's really hard to get at the communities of like Sachs Harbour, Paulatuk, and Ulukhaktok. And these were 100 percent dollars for homes that could have been given to people. And I ask housing, you know, why were they not aware of...
Member for Frame Lake, we can't entertain any questions while the motion is on the floor. To the motion. MLA Frame Lake.
Committee, we will defer the bill number and the title until after consideration of the clauses. Please turn to page 3 of the bill.
Clause 1, does committee agree? Minister of Health and Social Services. Pardon?
My apologies, committee. Does the sponsor wish to bring in witnesses?
Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are related to my Member's statement on housing and are for the housing minister.
Housing NT did not notify communities, nor residents, of the Rapid Housing Initiative Program despite the cries for help from all communities dealing with severe housing shortages. Can the Minister apprise this House, and the residents of the Northwest Territories, as to why Housing NT were not involved in the rollout of the Rapid Housing initiative in the NWT? Mahsi.