Wendy Bisaro

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s surprising what one can find while looking for something else. Last week I found the following statement in a GNWT document titled “Framework for the GNWT Response to Homelessness,” and I quote from there:

“NGO programs need GNWT financial support. The GNWT recognizes that:

non-government organizations are the front-line service providers for the homeless;

NGOs require predictable and multi-year financial support; and

terms and conditions of contribution funding need to support the flexibility of the non-government organizations.”

That’s very gratifying to me to see...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I move that consideration of Tabled Document 2-17(1), Northwest Territories Capital Estimates 2012-2013, be now concluded and that Tabled Document 2-17(1) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration in formal session through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I’d like to ask the Minister at this point my question earlier about the bridge. He kind of sidestepped it neatly. For people who are looking to get some kind of answer on the amount of money that we’re going to end up spending on the bridge, I did ask the Minister if he could give us a bit of a range. I mean, are we talking a minimal amount of money or are we talking a lot of money?

I know in the Minister’s statement he referenced some of the things which will produce the added costs. So I’d like to ask the Minister again, are we talking in the order of $5 million or...

Mr. Guy I think had an explanation.

Thank you, committee. We’ll turn to page 6-7, Health and Social Services, activity summary, community health programs, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $8.1 million.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Lafferty.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I give notice that on Wednesday, December 14, 2011, I will move the following motion: Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Sahtu, that the Government of the Northwest Territories work with business, organizations and those living in poverty to complete an Anti-Poverty Strategy for the Northwest Territories;

And further, that the Anti-Poverty Strategy identify specific measurable targets with clear cross-departmental mechanisms for coordination and integration of actions;

And furthermore, that the government provide a comprehensive response to this...

Thank you, Ms. DeLancey. Mr. Bouchard.

Page 8-7, Education, Culture and Employment, activity summary, education and culture, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $12.344 million. Mr. Bromley.

Thanks to the Minister. I didn’t hear much about research. I heard we’re going to look into it; we’re starting in the Sahtu. I think it’s important that we consider that it’s not just the Sahtu; it’s undoubtedly going to end up in the southwestern corner of our territory. So I would urge the Minister, with the Minister of ENR, to go well beyond just the Sahtu.

One of the things that I mentioned in my statement is that I believe it’s a responsibility of government to protect residents, and one of the things that I think we can do as a government, if we feel that there are implications for a...