Shane Thompson

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will probably come back to this part a little bit later on, but I am going to ask the next question with regards to the apprenticeship. What areas are we looking at identifying apprentices? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I would like to build on my colleague's questions about the apprenticeship program. In regards to the apprenticeship program, how many have we done in the last three years, how many positions have been filled? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I greatly applaud the Minister for taking these steps. I think this is a great step to help the residents and hopefully eliminate people from getting out of the arrears. My last question is: part of my Member's statement was, we talked about people in homes who do not have running water, do not have power, do not have heat except for a wood stove, and they are living in third-world conditions. These homes are decrepit or basically should be torn down, and these people are living in them. So what is the government or the department or the Corporation and the Minister...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I was looking for the LHO and I apologize if it is on the wrong page. I am done questioning on this. Thank you.

I thank the Minister for her answer, but she kind of answered my second question that I was going to ask. My first question is: what kind of promotion is the Corporation doing so that clients don't get into this situation? So what are they doing so that, as soon as they get into the homes, they understand that this could potentially be a situation? What is the Corporation doing to promote getting this information out to the people?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In regards to the Nahendeh District, I see an increase of $310,000; is this because we got an LHO in Fort Liard or is this just forced growth? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when somebody or a department is doing something right or is improving the way we do business, we need to recognize this work.

In the past 15 years I've had a number of challenging issues regarding housing and, more particularly, arrears to deal with. In addressing the arrears issues, the Minister and the Housing Corporation sent out an e-mail regarding the eviction process this past year. To me, the most important message in this e-mail was that the NWT Housing Corporation and its local housing authorities want to ensure that tenants stay in their homes. To...

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I apologize for that there. I am sleepy and I noticed my time was not started yet. I thank the Minister for that answer and I guess I am looking forward to seeing this corporation having 15 apprentices every year in place. I understand that there are some challenges of people succeeding, but we should have 15 apprentices out there because we have a shortage of the trades in the Northwest Territories, and so I am looking forward to the Minister's plan and the corporation's work on it.

Just back to my last concern in regards to utilities. You have heard me say this...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to follow up with a couple of more questions hopefully regarding the apprenticeship stuff. So when I was given the list of positions there, I was told that there were three types of apprenticeships, but I have heard of a plumber. So do we look at all five trades or is it just the three trades that we are looking at? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Maybe I am naive, but you need a Red Seal Journeyman to actually apprentice under. If you do not have an oil burning mechanic in the community, you cannot actually do an apprenticeship. I guess what I am looking for is if the corporation can identify, or provide us with a breakdown of how the apprenticeship program is utilized across the territories. Well, we have 12 certified, and nine in the program, so that is only 21. Can the Minister identify where these 21 are, the graduates and the nine who are taking the program? Thank you, Mr. Chair.