Jane Groenewegen

Okay, I call Committee of the Whole to order. We have a number of items on our agenda today. When we left off yesterday we were on the Department of Education, Culture and Employment general comments. What is the wish of the committee today? Mr. Menicoche.

Could we have some order in the Chamber, please. If you must, please just talk quietly amongst yourselves. Sorry for the interruption, Mr. Ramsay.

Mr. Braden, you’re on the right page.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. One other question then is if the apprentice is employed by someone who is accessing the subsidy program for apprentices and is a registered apprentice in the Northwest Territories, then schooling in a southern institution would not be a problem provided that the department did not incur any of the cost for that training. Correct? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I thank the Minister for that answer. It gives me a very clear picture of where he’s going because there is always that debate over more houses for our money or fewer houses, but now adding all these other things onto it. What I want to ask the Minister, is it conceivably compatible that we could deliver more affordable housing while at the same time creating northern economy through it? I think of the market housing initiative, bringing in units from the South. Can we accomplish that here in the North? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Dent.

Agreed. Thank you. Pages 9-22 and 9-23, information item, education and culture, active positions.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, then I would ask the Minister if that is consistent with any other type of post-secondary education here in the North. I think of programs like the Nursing Program, the Social Work Program, programs that offer the students the ability to take their training and graduate here in the Northwest Territories. That is a type of post-secondary training. Could you want to be a nurse and decide, at your own discretion, to take your training someplace outside of the Northwest Territories, even though it’s available here? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Ms. Lee.