Tom Beaulieu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the Minister for that. That is very good. I guess one more thing on that is that I am asking the Minister to do that adjustment so that individuals who are hitting a certain income threshold and then they are maxing out at a certain percentage do not start to exceed that once they start paying their own power. I don’t know if that is more of a comment, I suppose. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I would like to ask the Minister if he would consider making that adjustment for the bottom and, like, the power subsidy program, where, in the wintertime, everybody is subsidized at the Yellowknife rate, up to $1,000, and, in the summertime, everybody is adjusted to the Yellowknife rate, up to $600. I would like to ask the Minister if that portion of the power bill could make an adjustment to the actual benches of the rent.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move that the chair rise and report progress. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to do a bit of a eulogy on people that passed away this summer in Fort Resolution.

Mr. Speaker, on July 1, 2018, Carol Valette, wife to Frankie Beaulieu, passed away. Carol had an adoptive daughter, Tisha, and a stepdaughter named Joslyn, three granddaughters, and two grandsons. Carol was 69 years old. She was very well-liked by the community. She chose to make Fort Resolution her home when she moved there from Alberta.

On that same day, Mr. Speaker, the community lost a young man, Cameron Sayine Giroux. Cameron passed away that day, also, July...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chairman, I don't know the age of the community learning centre in Ndilo, and I know it's old, but I do know approximately, I mean within a couple of years, how old the learning centre in Fort Resolution is, and my guess is that it's in excess of 50 years old. I used to serve at the settlement council office when I was a child, growing up in Fort Resolution. It's been renovated, and the walls are getting thicker all the time. This has received a considerable amount of renovation. There's no question about it. I think it's time to replace the building.

I would like to...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, moving on to the second school, Kaw Tay Whee in Detah, my understanding from dealing with the leadership over there is that the department has requested that chief and council select a site, a potential location, for that new school. Being at that stage with the discussions between the department and the leadership, I'm wondering if the Minister could give me an indication of when that project might start. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I understand why it's being done, but I'm wondering if, inside the capital standards, the department is taking into account potential as we try to move into more employment-based communities, if inside the capital standards the department is looking at daycares? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, that is all I have for this page. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Mr. Chair, I'm generally thinking about the same people, basically almost the same people, I suppose, that would provide the care for the long-term patients or extended-care patients as being students as opposed to being a staff. I'm assuming again that, in order to pick up an additional 72 people in long-term care, there would be new staff needed, considering that, I guess, Avens is staffed up and the extended care facility, I guess, is staffed up, and that currently exists. I'm thinking that there's a way where the students would provide the care to long-term care, at the same...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, committee wishes to review Tabled Document 215-18(3), Capital Estimates, 2019-2020, with the Departments of Health and Social Services; Education, Culture and Employment; Department of Justice; and the Housing Corporation. Thank you, Mr. Chair.