Daniel McNeely

Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, I would like to thank the department for a trip that we had made to do some strategy housing discussions here by the Deline Got'ine Government on October the 5th. It was very informative and appreciated by the leadership and me.

Just adding to my colleague from Nahendeh's statement here about these boarded-up units, there are actually two different types in most of the communities that I represent. I see boarded-up units that could be referred to as the "ex-homeownership units" under the HELP program. The tenants or the occupants by default are under mortgage...

Thank you, Minister Sebert. Deputy minister Goldney.

Thank you, Mr. Williams. Mr. Simpson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, my questions are directed to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment. Mr. Speaker, the current Norman Wells daycare center is fully furnished, and the power remains hooked up. I would also like to take the opportunity to thank the Minister for the previous letters of support submitted to the new daycare society. I'm very encouraged by this new society of young parents, long-term residents, and their new energy to get this centre up and running. My first question is: the society has submitted to the department an application for start-up funds. When can...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I too support this capital budget, and think about the remote area connections with the capital investments, keeping in mind the receiver of the capital budget allowances for these various initiatives would be the creation of income for various families that are looking forward to some of these projects coming on stream, and also being mindful that this government has exhausted and created a partnership with the federal counterparts. So it's good to see that. I'm also mindful that it's hard to be a solution-provider to anything and everything when you consider the large...

I'm very encouraged by the energy of the Minister's statement to assist the society. You can imagine, the society, I know the individuals, they're young parents. They don't know the difference between a two-by-four and a building code, so I'm encouraged by the Minister's statement to help the young parents. Mahsi.

I'll ask the question again: when can they receive a reply to the submitted application from the society?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, want to recognize Matthew Spence and Tracy St. Denis on their contributions to the North, in their private life, and their career, as well. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am going to just ask questions directly to the capital side. The O and M is coming up here, but I think I brought this up here last year, as well. On your supply management inventory requirements, if you use the water treatment plant there, in some of the communities, I'm hoping that, if it is being supplied by this company called Cortex (ph), so, if it is in fact in the contribution agreement between the department and the local government encouraging them to deal strictly with similar suppliers and making it a lot easier to interact and supply and support each other...

Thank you. Mr. O'Reilly.