Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is for the Minister of MACA.
Can the Minister confirm which companies were contracted by this government to provide abatement services to Hay River flood victims and are those companies NWT BIP registered? Thank you.
Thank you, Member for Hay River South. Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories has four contractors to provide abatement services in the town of Hay River and K'atlodeeche First Nations. The contractors are Arctic Canada Construction, Commercial NDS, Wilf's Restoration Limited, and WINMAR. Three of the four contractors are NWT BIP registered companies, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell me if the costs for additional abatement services paid directly, are they paid directly by the GNWT, and does the amount come off the $240,000 maximum allotted for damages? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I thank the Member for that question. And we've had this conversation numerous times over the past weekend I believe it was, when the Member went back home to meet with his constituents.
The GNWT is 100 percent paying for all detailed damage assessments and all additional abatement services. So we are paying a hundred percent. And these will not be part of the maximum from the 240 of the disaster assistance. It is all a GNWT cost moving forward. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister tell me when we can expect to see the standardized list of assets and values that will be covered by DAP? People are kind of anxious. They want to get out there and start buying you know, buying furniture and whatever else they need for their home. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as I said last week and with Trailblazer this morning, that the standardized list, item list will be posted out on the MACA website this week. We're hoping within the next couple of days. Along with information about what the list is about and how to use that to make claims for disaster assistance.
I need to tell the House and the Member and the public is that this list was developed last year during the flood. But we cannot use that same list. We need to when I say that, we need to make sure we update it. We've been working with the federal government. We also have to do a cost of living index on it. So this information is available.
The standard item list is to provide for basic and essential household contents that were damaged or destroyed by the flood. Pathfinders will be available to be answer questions to help people out when they're filling out their claim. But also getting this information to the three MLAs there that have been affected by the disaster in the Hay River and K'atlodeeche. So they will have that information, and we'll share that information as well as to the insurance companies moving forward. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister confirm how will advances and payments be made for damages and how can it how can it be used? Will it be paid out based on receipts only, or can it be paid out on the assessed amount, where receipts are not required, allowing home or business owner the use or to use at their discretion or a combination thereof? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I can tell the House here after they receive their detailed assessment of damage, residents can request an advanced payment if they need money immediately for work that will prevent further damage to their property. The advanced payment is based on the value of damages from the detailed damage assessments. The maximum of an advancement for residents is $10,000 but there's ability to provide up to 50 percent of total values of the damage assessment.
The Member has asked about receipts and that. Yes, receipts are what you need. However, with the standardized list, there is a process that there again, just need to work with our pathfinders to ask those questions to see what their receipts are. The importance of it. I tell people take lots of pictures, keep all the receipts, and keep track of every hour that they put in to fixing their home or their business during this.
But once we get the list, again, like I said, we will make sure this is out there and we will make sure that the Members three MLAs have the ability to get Q and As out to their residents as well as with our pathfinders. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister. Colleagues, our time for oral questions has expired. Written questions. Returns to written questions. Replies to the Commissioner's address. Petitions. Reports of committees on the review of bills. Reports of standing and special committees.
