Kieron Testart

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And my colleagues and I have been trying to find the $500,000 and $200,000. I did know these sums exist. Again, they are publicly reported on, but there's no line item in here. And I know speaking to some of these institutions that it would be helpful for their funding purposes if there were specific lines that showed the contributions they're getting in a timely way.

Can the Minister improve on the main estimates to do that for both the purposes of public transparency but also to aid these institutions in leveraging GNWT funding with other sources of funding? Thank you...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Well, that's the case. If the decisions of the rental officer are contravening the Residential Tenancies Act, what remedies are available to applicants outside of appealing it at the Supreme Court? Which is costly, takes the court's time. The rental officer is not abiding by the Act. What is the Minister -- how does the Minister propose to solve that problem? Thank you.

Okay. Well, maybe -- perhaps I will inquire as to which ones those are. But it just seems to me like you might run into issues there because we do -- I think there is a need to fund Aurora College as a public institution, like -- or a public university, University Polytechnic once it gets there. That makes sense to have kind of a core funding grant. But we do need to provide stabilization elsewhere. But I would rather see post-secondary institutions receive funding based on meeting the needs of the public policy priorities of the government. So essentially the government says well, we need...

Mr. Speaker, over the past week, Canadians have come together and shared sorrow and grief over the heartbreaking events in Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia. Over the weekend, when I saw the Prime Minister, Leader of the Official Opposition, and Governor General stand together in solidarity during this profound loss, I was reminded that the common bonds of our compassion, empathy, and respect for one another can break through the cynicism and partisanship that so often dominates public life. The loss of children taken so soon from their families is a heartbreak that touches us all.

As a father, I...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So the formula funding, that's going to be for all post-secondary institutions, not just for Aurora College? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to the Minister. No further questions.

Okay. Well, maybe over the course of those meetings, the Minister could raise this directly rather than waiting for them to raise it. I think they've got a lot on their minds when it comes to in the case of -- well, when it comes to all of them. Like, core funding needs are huge, and that's probably top of mind rather than the other stuff. So, anyway, I will leave that with the Minister.

And there's also a situation where Aurora College has signed off on kind of an agreement to work with all the institutions -- sorry, all of them have entered into an MOU to collaboratively develop programs and...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you to the Minister for the response. So I know I am skipping ahead, but not every institution in the Northwest Territories has the benefit of a guaranteed 30-plus million dollars a year. Most, all of them have to test the market for their course offerings and compete for students across the country, across the world in some cases. So the idea of a micro-credentialed course is if you're a smaller college with less capacity -- and that's every one of the Northwest Territories except for Aurora College -- then you may need to build up programs rather than just...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, has the department engaged with any of the post-secondary institutions on developing micro-credentials, micro-credential accreditation, for post-secondary offerings from private colleges? Thank you.

Thank you. I would ask what the Minister is going to do about it, but I think she's had that opportunity. In the past, NTNP often opened in January of every year which set a rhythm for temporary workers' permits expiring in February and March. The NTNP has not yet opened. We know it's opening next month. How will the Minister support all prospective applicants who now can't apply when it eventually does open, because of this lag? Thank you.