Tom Beaulieu

Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member's statement I talked about Child and Family Services training. I'd like to ask the Minister a few questions on that. Can the Minister expand on the curriculum and its requirements such as duration of the training completion requirements, like pass and fail, what would happen, and if there are any plans for refresher requirements? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. [Translation] Last week, Mr. Speaker, CBC Radio -- Health and Social Services had wanted to work with the children and the children who are taken away from their home the way they had first starting working on there when they first came up here to work with the people and the kids that were taken away from their home and taken to the residential schools the way -- up to 2014 the federal government had a look at it and made a report. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. [Translation ends]

CBC Radio reported that the Department of Health and Social Services will start requiring NWT...

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

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Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move that consideration of Tabled Document 316-18(2), Supplementary Estimates (Operations Expenditures) No. 2, 2016-2017, now be concluded, and that Tabled Document 316-18(2) be reported and recommended as ready for further consideration, in a formal session, through the form of an appropriation bill. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, committee wishes to continue considering Tabled Document 261-18(2), Northwest Territories Main Estimates, 2017-2018 with the Speaker for the Legislative Assembly. Also, Mr. Chairman, the committee wishes to return to all of the departments that were deferred during our main estimates review. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a question, maybe only one question, for the Minister of Health and Social Services in line with what we are talking about in homecare. I would like to ask the Minister if the Minister knows how many people receive a seniors' fuel subsidy across the Northwest Territories? Thank you.

Is the Minister of the Housing Corporation able to advise the House if there have been any standards developed for the renovation of the units where we hope the elders would age in place?

Marci Cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a couple of questions today for the Minister of NWT Housing Corporation pertaining to the aging-in-place initiative that is in our mandate. I would like to ask the Minister if there has been any form of evaluation to determine what the cost savings of aging-in-place would be for the GNWT. Thank you.

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

The Minister talks about baseline data. I think that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment has done a lot of baseline data in order to determine who is eligible for senior's fuel. Those are homeowners who are seniors who are under a certain income. I think that would be a quick way to determine the baseline. I would like to ask the Minister if the Minister is prepared to work with the Minister of Education to get that information as a start to developing a baseline of the communities?