Robert Hawkins

Noting that it’s 24.6 in core need, what have we done? Does this not move the core need higher if this eight-plex is not replaced back into the operational pool? Thank you.

In speaking to the chief of the community, of course not recently, has the Housing Corp done an assessment as to what it would require to be up and running as a viable unit for housing people in the community?

Yes.

Thanks, Mr. Chairman. It’s my understanding that in Deninu K’ue the community has an eight-plex and I was curious as to what’s happening with it. It has been sitting there for years and I want to hear what the plan is, either to replace or not. It has been empty for a number of years. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to use the occasion to get an update as to the Aboriginal wellness coordinator that I was asking back in October of last year. As I understand it, at the time this position hadn’t been filled and we were using a person that I thought at one time we were trying to encourage to apply for the job and they were doing it. I would like an update as to where that may be at this particular time with that position. Has it been staffed and when had it been staffed?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. If the NWT government has the ability to waive the dividend, can the Minister speak particularly to the franchise agreement? I believe they are 10-year agreements. Would the Minister be able to speak to that detail on whether they are all 10-year agreements and does the territorial government have what one could define as an exit clause if they need to find a new direction for the people of the Northwest Territories? Thank you.

Yes, I know. It’s a tough one. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Does the Housing Corporation have a program that will pay for repairs of a particular multiplex unit such as this eight-plex unit that a person could apply for? That is not a hypothetical question. That’s a real question.

Would the Minister of the NWT Power Corporation explain why the NWT Power Corp isn’t the agent for distribution of power in those particular communities or from his ability to explain how we got where we are today to have individual franchise agreements for those particular communities and not in the others that remain out of the 33? Thank you.

Thank you. I do thank the Minister and certainly the corporation for supplying that information in advance of receiving it.

How long is the waiting list in that community? Once you’re on it, what is the average waiting time?

Mr. Speaker, once again I want to talk about the problems families are facing with their power bills and how they relate to the cost of living. So, what better area to focus in on today than the subject of power companies having specifically tuned to their franchise purchase agreements with the communities in the North?

Families taking care of families matters to me most, and that’s something I think most of us know every day here, is we worry about our constituents and we don’t lose sight of that. So, keeping that in mind, I’ve been looking at the franchise agreement process, and what I’m...