Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the Minister if the Lutselk'e Dene school renovation is on schedule to be completed this fall. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you. Minister.
Phase 2 of the school will be done next year. Just to give the Member a little heads up, we are continuing to meet with the community, and the school and the staff, just to make sure that they are up to date on how progress is moving, as well as some of the concerns that were brought up last year. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I had talked to a high school student from Lutselk'e, and I asked him why he was in town this time of the year, why he was in Yellowknife. He said "because we have no school." I am wondering what the situation with, I understand this is not purely a capital item, but Mr. Chair, bear with me, I am trying to determine when it would be done, or even if that is the case, that there is no actual high school operating this season. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Minister.
Thank you. Part of the school has been complete; as well, we are still utilizing the community learning centre. We just recently met with the staff as I mentioned, DCNE Infrastructure at the DEA, and we are continuing to update the community moving forward. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I realize that they have moved onto Phase 2 of the school, but I am wondering if the high school is operating, or if the students have been relocated to another community. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Minister.
Yes, we are still using the Phase 1 classrooms that were completed. As well, as I mentioned, we are still utilizing the community learning centre.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, when utilizing the Phase 1 that has been completed and the adult learning centre, is one of those places where the high school is located at this time? Thank you.
Thank you. Minister.
Yes, that is correct, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, my next question is what is not here. Under this section, early childhood development in schools, there was a schedule to do the planning study actually this current fiscal year, according to the capital plan for Kaw Tay Whee school. The Minister did respond to me, and it sounded just like there is a shift and that the actual planning study was going to occur in 2018-2019, during questions in the House. I am wondering if I could just get that clarified: exactly when is the planning studies scheduled to be completed? Thank you.
Thank you. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. That will be in 2018-2019. We did get a technical status evaluation in March of 2017, and we had to look at the recommendations and put it back in the books, and looking at 2018-2019.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, because it does not appear in this specific capital plan, is it a carryover from 2017-2018 for the planning study for Kaw Tay Whee school in Detah? Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The planning study itself will be in the 2018-2019 O and M budget. That is where you will see it. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I have no further questions for the Minister. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Mr. McNeely.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do not want to interfere with any capitalization of a new building here for the community of Colville Lake in regards to their school. I just want to know if it is on the 20-year needs assessment department, and if there's ongoing discussions for some immediate addressing of the building with the community leadership. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is a concern as well, because we really want to work with the community to get a school put in place. The last discussion that we had was the First Nations wanted to put in a bigger school, so we are waiting for a P3 project. Based on our capital standards, the school size that was supposed to go in there, they wanted a bigger one, so we are looking at a P3 study, and we are still waiting for that report and that information from the Behdzi Ahda First Nation.
Thank you. Mr. McNeely.
Nothing further, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to know that the community is progressing along with their capital plan. Thank you.
Thank you. Mr. McNeely. I have no one further on my list for early childhood and schools. I will call this activity. Education, Culture and Employment, early childhood and schools, infrastructure investments, $11,008,000. Does committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you, committee. Turning to page 14, labour development and standards. Half a million dollars. Does committee have any comments or questions? Seeing none. Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the Minister if this is the section where the adult learning centres would appear. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, this is where the community learning centres would appear.
Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would like to ask the Minister what the schedule is for the new retrofitted adult learning centre for Ndilo. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are continuing to work with the leadership in Ndilo to look at addressing it. As the Member knows, we do have a lot of infrastructure projects within the department, community learning centres, schools. We always review our 20-year capital needs assessment, and sometimes things get put off and then some other things take priority year after year, but we are continuing to work with the leadership on addressing that.
Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am wondering if there was any sort of schedule. Whether we are adhering strictly to the schedule or not, I just want to ask the Minister if there was any sort of schedule at all, whether it be a very hard schedule or a soft schedule, any kind of schedule at all, for the adult learning centre in Ndilo. Thank you, Mr. Chair
Thank you. Minister.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are going to be doing a technical status evaluation, and that is the first step. Then, once we get that evaluation, we will get the recommendations, and then that goes into our capital needs assessment. It is looked at priority from there.
Thank you. Mr. Beaulieu.
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am wondering if the Minister can advise me when the technical evaluation would occur. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.
Thank you. Minister.
Thank you, and that will be anywhere from now until the end of the fiscal year.
