Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I mentioned in my statement, I was in Aklavik this past week and I was very surprised to see that the renovations to the Joe Greenland Centre did not happen over the summer. I’d like to ask the Minister what is the holdup for the renovations that were supposed to be done on the Joe Greenland Centre this past summer.
Thank you, Mr. Blake. The Minister responsible for Housing, Mr. McLeod.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was our intent to start the renovations to the Joe Greenland Centre on the former side that Health and Social Services used to manage, and we still intend to proceed with those renovations.
I’d like to ask the Minister when will the renovations be started and completed.
As I said before, it’s our intent to put a call out for tender and get the work started on the Joe Greenland Centre. I’d have to do a follow-up and see exactly where it’s at now and I will communicate that to the Member.
When can we expect to have the Joe Greenland Centre ready for elders to move in and have a full-time home care worker on site?
As I said before, our goal is to have the Joe Greenland Centre open as soon as possible. If we can get the contract awarded, ideally we’d like to have them in there by the spring. As far as a full-time home care worker, that is out of my jurisdiction and that’s a discussion that the Member will have to take up with the Minister of Health and Social Services.
Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Final, short supplementary, Mr. Blake.
At this time I have no further questions. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Blake. The Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.
