Wendy Bisaro

The North needs a search and rescue base located in the North. This Discovery Air/Airbus Military joint bid is good for Yellowknifers, good for Northerners, and good for all Canadians. All NWT politicians and leaders should support the Discovery Air/Airbus Military proposal. Thank you.

Thank you, committee. Sergeant-at-Arms, would you please escort the witnesses into the Chamber? Thank you.

Mr. Lafferty, if you could introduce your witnesses for the record, please. Thank you.

Committee, we will come back to order. We are starting the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, page 8-2. We will leave the department summary until we have completed the rest of the sections of the department. We will move to page 8-4. Before we do that, Minister Lafferty, do you have witnesses you wish to bring into the Chamber?

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. We will resume after a break. Does committee agree?

I’m on the wrong page. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation.

How many NWT communities have a person hired as a “housing maintainer” for repairs and maintenance on public housing, and in which communities are they located?

How many apprentices currently work within the NWT Housing Corporation, and in which communities?

How many apprentices has the NWT Housing Corporation trained to certification since fiscal year 2007-2008?

How many of the trained apprentices are currently employed by the NWT Housing Corporation, and in which communities?

Who handles repairs...

Just a couple of comments to the Minister. I do believe that the Dementia Centre is owned by the government. There was a great deal of consternation when that happened, so I’m pretty sure that it’s owned by the government.

With regard to Mildred Hall and J.H. Sissons not appearing in the capital plan, the budget document that’s been tabled doesn’t show future years, but I’m very pleased to hear the Minister say that Mildred Hall and J.H. Sissons will be in ’14-15, because that’s not the information that we were given at committee. I’m very glad to hear the Minister say that on record, because...

Thanks to the Minister for that commitment. I look forward to seeing that report made public. I guess I still don’t quite understand the rationale for this current situation, so I would like to ask the Minister again: Is there a reason why the report would not be tabled before the management response is prepared?

Thank you, Minister Lafferty. I have nobody else on the list. Are there any other questions? Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to follow up with the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. I’m a little confused about some of the information that he was giving me with regard to the Student Financial Assistance Program review. I understood the Minister to say that the document or report has been done. There has been a response from management – I presume that to be the department staff – and that he as a Minister must review that before anything can be made public.

I’d like to ask the Minister why the report must remain private before the Minister determines the response. Why...