Tom Beaulieu

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Will the Minister commit to working with the other Ministers on creating a centre for seniors programs to create sort of a consolidated approach to assisting the seniors to decrease any delays for services to seniors? Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, will the Minister commit to developing a protocol where there is regular dialogue with other Ministers on seniors’ services and seniors’ issues? Thank you.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Last year two of our elders and residents of Fort Resolution passed away and just recently the oldest resident of Tu Nedhe, Maurice Lockhart of Lutselk’e, passed away. Maurice Lockhart was born to Baptise and Louise Lockhart just after the first snowfall of winter in Lutselk’e. His true age was never verified but he was baptized in 1910. He was born at a time when there was no modern technology. They didn’t even have canvas, which is very valuable to hunters and trappers.

Mr. Speaker, life is sustained only by what Mother Earth provided, which were heat, caribou hides...

Does the Minister and the Housing Corporation have a plan to help families that are clearly in core need but appear to be outside of the four programs, that don’t seem to be captured within the four programs that are currently offered by the Housing Corporation but are clearly in core need? Thank you.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I have questions for the Minister of the NWT Housing Corporation. In the past, Mr. Speaker, the Housing Corporation had programs such as the Senior Citizens Home Repair Program, Seniors and Disabled Preventative Maintenance Program and so on. Those programs have been eliminated and replaced with other programs; mind you, but there doesn’t seem to be a clear indication that the NWT Housing Corporation identifies different groups like seniors and families and so on. Seniors are usually on fixed incomes. So I want to ask the Minister if the Housing...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister speaks of the needs survey being completed soon. Once the needs survey is completed, is there a plan to expand the programs so the majority of the constituents across the Territories can be captured within one program or another that the Housing Corporation will be offering, as opposed to staying within the current programs and hopefully the people who are core need fit into those programs? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Staying with the core needs of the various communities, I had discovered in the past that some of the core needs in some communities were as high as 80 percent in the Sahtu and as low as 6 percent in other parts of the Northwest Territories, which is well below the national average. I want to ask the Minister if the Housing Corporation has plans to address the communities with the highest core need and maybe move some funds to the communities where the highest core needs percentage is in these communities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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Mr. Speaker, today I would like to use my Member’s statement to let Tu Nedhe constituents know what my plans are for the coming months.

Mr. Speaker, we have just passed the midway point of the 16th Assembly and as elected Members to this House, I have seen this Assembly go through some challenging times and yet remain focused on the interests and people of the Northwest Territories, as I am for the people of Tu Nedhe. Mr. Speaker, this is a testament to the commitment and dedication of each Member in this Assembly. Because of this, and on behalf of my...

Mr. Speaker, will the Minister agree to have staff meet with the clients in Fort Resolution that have this specific problem with the roof, and as a result of which I believe to be a wrong material application on the roof on the design option first selected in the 1980s? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today in my Member’s statement I talked about some of the problems my constituents are having with their NWT Housing Corporation HAP units and, more specifically, the roofs. I have questions for the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation. Mr. Speaker, does the Minister agree that this HAP roof problem exists in these homes that I spoke of and that the issue is outside the control of the HAP clients? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.