Floyd Roland

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the understanding is this funding is to support the workers of MACA to do workshops to help put a framework together, as well as develop the tool kit the Minister earlier made reference to. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Mackenzie Delta, that Bill 13, Change of Name Act, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I believe they are for a term of two years.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Nahendeh, that Bill 10, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2007-2008, be read for the first time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chairman, there are a couple of ways this breaks down. One is the $798,000 is not new money. It’s in and out. The other portion is offset by, I believe, you are referring to the $1.080 million was your second question. No? Okay, the $798,000 initial amount that was raised is not new money. It’s a matter of the way we flow money now because of the recommendations made by the Auditor General of Canada. The money comes through the Financial Management Board Secretariat and is now flowing through FMBS and then to the Housing Corporation. That’s as a result of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yes, we will work with the Sahtu Health and Social Services Authority in the air conditioning area, but we have to look at the needs across the board; in fact, all of our health centres throughout the territory. As I stated earlier, the department has put the request in in trying to get more revenue so that we can deal with this area. Thank you.

Madam Chair, as stated, it’s money that was originally part of the original transfer, now back to Housing Corporation and deals with the two categories of assisted living for seniors and independent seniors caretaker units. For more of the detail, I believe Mr. Dent can provide it.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what we have done, as we go through our capital planning program, is we, through the small capital needs assessment, put our request in for money for health centres throughout the territory that don’t have this type of equipment. We try to make it through that avenue to have equipment installed as the money becomes available. That is the process we are using this year, as well. We have made requests through the small capital needs assessment area. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, the initial work in transferring the program from the Housing Corporation over to the Department of Education, Culture and Employment looked at all of the different subsidies that were out there in the housing area and put within the Department of Education, Culture and Employment. After further review of the program, it was felt that a couple of areas would be better situated back within the Housing Corporation that fit with the existing program that they deliver in the area of assisted living for seniors. So you see this pile of the money going back....

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize Dr. Andre Corriveau who’s with us in the gallery today. He’s the chief medical health officer and influential in the act coming up in this House later on, the Public Health Act. Thank you.

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