Debates of June 8, 2006 (day 8)

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to have a discussion with the Minister of Housing, the Honourable David Krutko. I am tired, too. I want to ask the Minister, in terms of the manufactured homes that are going to be impacted by the proposed gas pipeline, these manufactured homes, what critical stages would the people in the communities that are going to be impacted, I have three communities, four communities possibly in my region that are going to benefit from this concept. At what stage do we need to get on board and say, yes, this is the way to go right now? All I know, there is a time when we have to make a decision and go with it. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The honourable Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Krutko.

Return To Question 99-15(5): Convertible Workforce Housing For Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we are still in discussions with the Mackenzie Gas Pipeline Group with regard to the social impact benefits that we are trying to get as a government. More importantly, we also have to include the federal government by way of CMHC and see how we can get federal contributions to this project in order to make it viable. We also need the federal commitment. Those discussions are ongoing. There is a meeting coming up next week. At some point we will have to sit down and evaluate where we are at, making sure we have parties onside before we can proceed. Right now, we are still in the preliminary stages. There is no final decision being made at this point. We are still negotiating with all parties.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. Supplementary, Mr. Yakeleya.

Supplementary To Question 99-15(5): Convertible Workforce Housing For Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, will the Minister make a commitment to come into my region sometime in the next few months to really have a discussion on this concept? We want to hear both sides. We want to know how it’s going to impact our communities, the benefits to our communities and the things we have talked about in this House. The community needs to be comfortable and to lend the support. This concept could bring a lot of benefits to our community, but if we don’t do it right, it also could be a disaster. So we want to have a good discussion with the Housing Corporation on this Novel concept. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Krutko.

Further Return To Question 99-15(5): Convertible Workforce Housing For Sahtu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I previously committed to the Member, we will be holding housing forums in the Sahtu and the Deh Cho within the next number of months. I feel that’s probably a more appropriate time to add this to the agenda during those meetings. So maybe that is something we can add to the agenda when we host those meetings in the Sahtu and Deh Cho.