Glen Abernethy

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Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation as well.

I talked in my Member’s statement about flexibility of programs. The lack of flexibility is, I think, a problem across the government as a whole, not just the Housing Corporation. But there are certainly certain areas within the Housing Corporation where the programming lacks flexibility.

I highlighted in my Member’s statement one example where the programs are set up in such a way that it doesn’t encourage tenants to go back to work or take advantage of short-term employment...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Your committee has been considering Committee Report 3-16(5), Standing Committee on Social Programs Report on the Review of the Child and Family Services Act, and would like to report progress. I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. General comments. Mr. Ramsay.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. General comments. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Next on my list is Ms. Bisaro.

Once again thanks to the Minister. It sounds like we’re agreeing. I would like the Minister to commit to actually putting in some system to track the aboriginal language shift over time, which means collecting things like the number of individuals who identify their aboriginal languages as their mother tongue and those that also indicate they’re using it as their home language. I think tracking the language shift every two or three years could actually be an important indicator to evaluate if the revitalization measures put in place are successful. I think we both want the same thing. I think...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to talk today about A Shared Responsibility that’s going to be tabled later today. Once again, I think it’s a great step forward. I’m curious, though, has the department, has the Minister developed a comprehensive evaluation framework so that we can actually assess over time whether or not -- the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, yes -- it’s actually working. Has an evaluation framework been developed to go along with this plan?

I will now rise and report progress.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. General comments. Mr. Ramsay.