Daniel McNeely

Thank you, Minister Cochrane. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Blake. Mr. Beaulieu.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. My opening comment to the proposed capital budget at hand is minimal. Coming from a remote area of the Northwest Territories, we're quite drawn to the only industry in town, or the only industry in the area, which is the government itself, and without capital planning allowances for increase of commerce and employment and training opportunities in our area it becomes even more limited. With the departure of industry we are primarily focused on the projects our government is actually doing for the area to stimulate.

In the capital plan we have a facility going into one of...

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. There is a motion on the floor to report progress. The motion is in order and is non-debatable. All those in favour?

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Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. On the issue of the access to that capital as mentioned, will the Minister seriously look at entertaining a proposal submitted by the community of Tulita to construct a seniors' complex? There is no seniors' complex within that community, and I've received numerous phone calls. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thanks for that response on what we can expect as we move forward. My next question: as mentioned within the survey, can we expect consultation at the regional level after the development of action plans?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to recognize David Ramsay. Welcome. Good to see you again. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, your committee would like to report progress. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of the Committee of the Whole be concurred with.

I now call Committee of the Whole to order. What are the wishes of committee? Mr. Beaulieu.

Thanks for the response, Minister. As we all know, there are federal engagements, federal announcements made on the infrastructure dollars on the National Housing Strategy. Is the department working towards securing resources from that national strategy initiative?