Glen Abernethy

Mr. Chair, as long as these assets exist, we will continue to have to do some lifecycle upgrades and retrofits. This just happens to be a period in the lifecycle where there is none on the books today, but there will be more coming. We believe the next one that will need to have a complete upgrade, similar to what happened in Tulita, would be Whati. We want to do our planning on that to make sure we get it right and to make sure we have the life cycling of these things done appropriately so that we don’t experience any spillages or breaches in our tanks. So right now we’re just in a low point...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, it’s been completely resolved. There was some issue with some of the valves. There were some faulty valves that happened to be in Fort Good Hope and that was brought to your attention and you and I discussed it. We’ve dealt with that and we’ve looked at the valves that were bought that were similar, to make sure there were no more faulty valves out there. For a little more detail on that, I will go to Deputy Minister Guy, please.

I’m just going back to the Capital Asset Retrofit Fund and I agree with what the Member is saying and I think we are both on the same page here. Having said that, we’re looking to get to the $3.8 million. Even when we do get to the $3.8 million, we aren’t stopping. We are going to continue to spend the money every year. It would be nice to see it grow, but let’s get to the target there first. As the Member knows, we already build to a higher degree than the Canadian Building Standards already, but I am interested to learn about this standard that the Member is talking about. Maybe we can get...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I take the point. The Housing Corporation and Public Works and Services obviously are capable of sharing information back and forth. The deputy certainly has a number of conversations with the Housing Corporation on a regular basis. We will absolutely share all of the information we have and any of the technical specifications we use within the Public Works and Services-managed building projects and buildings.

Frankly, we all know that the biomass is a good product. It’s affordable, it’s environmentally friendly or certainly more friendly than gas or diesel. We are...

Mr. Speaker, I am obviously happy to follow the request from committee, if that is what committee wants. We are happy to look at the last coroner’s report and provide a bit of an analysis from the Department of Justice perspective on actions taken. At the same time, the Member may want to have some discussions with some of the other Ministers where recommendations were made specifically to them as well. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, no, there is nothing regulated indicating a timeline for turnaround on recommendations. The recommendations themselves are not legally binding, but the coroner does expect responses within three months after releasing her report. If she doesn’t receive the responses to the recommendations within three months, she usually follows up with the individual to whom the recommendation is made.

Just as a note, it’s important that we do get responses to these recommendations because the coroner does use these responses to inform future decisions, so it’s important that we do get responses...

If that is the wish of committee, we are happy to work with them.

The standing committee made a number of recommendations with respect to the ATIPP Act, and recommendation number three asked the exact question that the Member is asking here today. In our response, which was tabled earlier this week, we indicated that we are doing that detailed progress report, and we will certainly have that to the committee within this current fiscal year.

Mr. Speaker, the question and answer period doesn’t provide a lot of opportunities for the Member to provide the details. I have a vague idea of what the Member is alluding to and I’m happy to work with committee to have these conversations and move forward to have a Residential Tenancies Act that works for all residents in the Northwest Territories, both landlords and tenants. I would be happy to have the conversation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m not aware of every specific clause within the Condominium Act, but I’m happy to have the department take a look at it and provide some additional information to the Member. As far as committing to something I haven’t read, that’s not something I’m prepared to do at this time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.