Yellowknife Centre
Julie Green
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Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)
Thank you, Member for Kam Lake. Minister.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)
Yes, thank you. One of the discussions we had late in the last Assembly was about the possibility of rewriting the standards of space provided for childcare, in order to make it more accessible. As the Minister may recall, the standard for childcare space is akin to hospital space. It's a very high quality of space that is required. Not all communities have space available in that quality of building, so is there any development at all on the idea of making the space requirements for childcare more attainable? Thank you.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)
Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)
Thank you, Minister. Any further general comments on ECE? Seeing none, we will now move into the detail. We will go back to the main page, and we will pick up at the first of the key activities, corporate management. Are there Members who would like to comment on corporate management key activity for ECE? Are there any comments on corporate management of ECE? Seeing none, I'm going to call the page. Education, Culture and Employment, corporate management, operations expenditure summary, 2020-2021 Main Estimates, total, $10,059,000. Does committee agree?
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)
Thank you, Mr. MacDonald. Member for Yellowknife North.
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)
Thank you, Minister. Deputy Minister.
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)
Thank you, Member for Hay River South. Minister, do you want to respond?
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)
Thank you, Mr. MacDonald. Do you have any further questions, Member for Frame Lake?
Debates of
, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)
Thank you, Minister. Deputy Minister.
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, 19th Assembly, 2nd Session (day 13)
Yes, thank you for those responses. I would like to see the annual report on the action plan. I don't recall that was ever shared with the Standing Committee on Social Development, and it would be useful to see it. I understand the point of shoring up the current programming. I am not sure I understand so much developing curriculum for childcare. What I hear most often is that people find it difficult to obtain childcare and they find it unaffordable when it is available. As the Minister knows, there are a number of communities in the Northwest Territories, about a third of them, that do not...