Rocky Simpson
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Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? The motion is carried.
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Mrs. Martselos.
Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? All those abstaining? Motion carried.
---Carried
Ms. Martselos.
Thank you, Ms. Martselos. To the motion. Member for Yellowknife North.
Thank you, Ms. Martselos. The motion is in order. Member for Yellowknife North.
Thank you, Mr. Johnson. To the motion.
Committee, we agreed to consider Committee Report 4-19(2), Report on the Review of the 2018-2019 Northwest Territories Human Rights Commission Annual Report. I will go to the chair of the Standing Committee on Government Operations for any opening comments.
Thank you, Mr. Norn. There is a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and non-debatable. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is carried.
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I will rise and report progress.
Thank you, Mr. O'Reilly. To the motion.
Thank you, Madam Chair. I just want to start off with the co-investment fund and the Rapid Rehousing Program. We talk about going to FMB and finding the 25 percent, but I think we should also have a plan B, which is go to the federal government and ask that that 25 percent be waived and that the funding is 100 percent because there might be some appetite, I understand, for that. I suspect you guys have already done that or are in the process of doing that. Just so that we have some options, there, because I don't want to see that money disappear. The way we're going, it's going to lapse, and...
Thank you, Madam Chair. It's interesting. I do not oppose the idea. That is for sure. We are always looking for cheaper power in the south. When I read the news, I see that the Power Corporation, we're spilling water over the dam and we've got surplus power, but we are not utilizing it in the communities to promote manufacturing or to promote electric heat. I understand that the reason that we are doing this, possibly, is because we are waiting for the big mine to show up around Pine Point or wherever. We seem to be waiting for that big white elephant, and it never seems to come, when we could...