Daryl Dolynny

Thank you. Page 5-60, NWT Housing Corporation, information item, local housing organizations, grants and contributions, contributions. Any questions?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Eight regions, 33 communities, 49 schools, 800 educators, 8,350 students over 1.3 million square kilometres. This is, of course, the framework of our education landscape, and it is pretty impressive I must say.

Today we celebrate and give our heartfelt thanks to the profession that is the pillar of our education system, and I am referring to our teachers and our teachers’ aides out there. To be a bit different this year, I thought it would be fun to spell the word teacher using a few of the over 2,700 thank you excerpts from students from across the North who were...

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Mr. Stewart, Mr. Anderson, welcome back to the House. We are going to move on to general comments. Again, protocol. We will just go through the general comments in sequence and will allow the Minister to have an opportunity for reply at the end here. General comments of NWT Housing Corporation. I am hearing detail. Thank you, committee.

Page 5-43, NWT Housing Corporation, information item, financial summary, information. Are there any questions?

Thank you, Minister McLeod. Colleagues, we are on page 5-52, NWT Housing Corporation, information item, finance and infrastructure services, grants and contributions, contributions. Any questions?

Thank you, Madam Chair. I made a note to ask this question. Last year the department added a research analyst into the fold. At the time, Madam Chair, I did have to question the rationale with that insertion. How were the measurable outcomes to adding this research analyst to this division last year?

Seeing none, 5-51, NWT Housing Corporation, information item. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. For that we’ll go to Minister Ramsay.

Does committee agree?