Jackie Jacobson

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'd like to welcome back into the House Mr. Glen Abernathy. Both of us were elected in 2007 and we'd work here all day and then we'd go to his house and we'd play Xbox, so those were the good old days. And just welcome him back into the House; it's good to see you. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, that sustainable like my colleague, Mr. O'Reilly, said that sustainable livelihood, anything that you could do to help, I guess, our on the land, the trappers, take a KID trapping and family initiatives that you could do, and we're hoping to get that increased in this. So no, just hats off to you guys in regards to what you're trying to do and that because this helps a lot of people. You don't realize how much help we're doing on this for the fur program. So thank you very much. That's a comment. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. That's all the questions I have right now. Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. In regards to the Mackenzie River Basin board, is that like, the board on that where is everyone I guess board members or directors, where they're from and how they're selected? Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. No, just in regards to climate change and monitoring on the river from what's happening in Alberta, we always worry about it because we used to have a lot more check stations in regards to water stations along the Mackenzie River coming all the way down to Tuk. What's the status of those, and how many do we have active? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. You know, with the four portables that we're asking for, would it be able to ask the contractor to bring them in and sublease them back to BDEC, I guess. I seen a tender that went out to the community yesterday asking for rental space in the community. Why is it so hard to get four portable units into the community for no more than 16 students, and there's four classes that has to be brought in. So how hard can that be to work with the contractor. They got $35 million. They must have been saving. And everybody wants to blame COVID yet in regards to the price cost. So...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, Mr. Speaker, I was talking about Magalanik School and the retrofits that's happening in the community. For the last two years, I guess we've been waiting for an update from the contractor, and we've been still waiting for that timeline to get some completion or a notice of what's happening.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister of Infrastructure commit to working with me and the contractor, who the contractor is a holder is an Inuvialuit development corporation, are willing to work with me to work with the contractor to get four portables into the community instead of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The community of Tuktoyaktuk's been waiting for our new school for several years. The school's been in the books since 2007, the year when I first got elected. And Mr. Abernathy was a part of that, giving us the authority to move forward with it so I want to thank him and welcome him into the House. It's good to see him.

The GNWT secured $36 million, Mr. Speaker, to renovate the space at the school and support high school programs. The original contract was awarded in 2020 and estimated completion 20232024. Mr. Speaker, the final year of this project, the community has...

Thank you, Madam Chair. So the $46 million per year for home care, that's right across the Northwest Territories. So I guess what I'm looking for is regards to you going to be home care in regards to some of the communities that I represent, and the lack thereof, I guess. Is there everybody in the communities that apply for this through the health centre, are they getting approved? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just in regards to home care services support in the communities, what does it look like for the Beaufort Delta per se in regards to costing and breakdown for communities; is there a way to get numbers on that? Thank you, Madam Chair.