Wendy Bisaro

Mr. Elkin, please.

Thank you. Mr. Guy, please.

Thank you, Ms. DeLancey. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I just have a question for the Minister relative to the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, and I appreciate that this is an asset that is not one that belongs to Public Works. It does belong to Education, Culture and Employment, but it’s my understanding that PWS is undertaking the repairs to the kitchen at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, or the cafe there.

I guess I would like to know from the Minister where this project is at. It’s been a very long time since the fire and the kitchen was destroyed. I would have thought that we would have been able...

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thanks to the Minister. I appreciate that Yellowknife’s not on the bottom of the list. That’s good to hear.

My other point that I was trying to make, and thus my question to the Minister, has to do with transitional housing and the need for transitional housing here. I’d like to know where that sits in terms of the shelter policy review and the report that came from that. Thank you.

That’s all I have. Thanks, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, would you escort the witnesses into the Chamber, please?

Mr. Beaulieu, welcome to you and your witnesses. If you would introduce your witnesses for the record, please.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have some questions today for the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation and following up on my Member’s statement and the need for housing in Yellowknife.

The corporation, to its credit, did a shelter policy review within the last year to two years, and the results of that review were a report, and basically, I believe that that report is a plan for the future for the NWT Housing Corporation. I’d like to ask the Minister, relative to the report that came as a result of the shelter policy review, and in light of the need in Yellowknife for both public...

Thanks, Minister, I think. So, I guess, what portion of this planning study is for upgrades? What upgrades are required and when are the renovations going to start? It’s a tough question. I know it’s a major reno and we don’t really have the money at this point, but if I could get a little bit more of an explanation on just what the planning study is being done for, what are the upgrades that are required, and when you say renovations, are you talking about the major renovations of the facility of $200-plus million or what? Thank you.