Shane Thompson

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am just looking at numbers in the communities, and I see 13. Maybe that is, the lowest is a concerning one. I am not too sure. Looking at these numbers, Wrigley's has the fourth highest call for services, and we only have two patrols. I'm looking at Jean Marie, and they have had 32 calls for services and 19 patrols. Jean Marie is actually on a road system. Wrigley's has to wait on ferries and that. My concern is: how is Wrigley being serviced with only two patrols there, if that is what the numbers are correct according to the business plan? Can the Minister confirm...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am just going to go back to the position in Nahendeh there and those three positions. The Minister said if it is not broken, we are not going to fix it. Well, is this program broken now and that is why we are fixing it? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Does the Minister or does the department know how many times the RCMP are going into the communities that do not have RCMP, including the part-time detachment of Gameti and Whati, or Gameti and Wrigley, more specifically Wrigley? Are you able to tell us how many times the patrols are in these communities? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am very concerned that this government is looking at the lottery funding as an opportunity to get away from our commitment through the money from the $650,000. It is a concern. The money that is in lotteries presently, for the last five years, has been going to the five partners' organizations, which is the grassroots. The other people on the other side can shake their heads and say, no, this is not what we are doing, but this is how I am looking at it.

This is how I am feeling this government is utilizing lotteries, once it comes in the system, that it becomes part of...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll try to take the marbles out now.

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Mr. Speaker, I'd like to thank Enbridge for being so forthcoming with the information about this situation and using local companies to work on this remediation. Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am looking at the main estimates, 2017-2018 and 2016-2017. The money is there. Can I get the Minister to make a commitment to show me exactly where the $32,000 is? Because it still does not add up. Can I just get that commitment, because we could be here for a while longer? If I could get the commitment for the department to show me where this extra $32,000 have gone to, I would greatly appreciate that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We haven't even talked about the issue that I want to talk about. I really would hope the Minister would actually look and understand what the real world is for these small communities, and this is a problem is that, yes, you say it's $40,000, but some of these people had to pay mortgages, so they continue to pay the mortgage and they do these things.

So will the Minister work with the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs to come up with a system that works better for the residents of the Northwest Territories, in particular the smaller communities? We're not...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I thank Mr. Goldney for his answer. When I take $562,000 and you take $281,000, you subtract that you come up with $281,000. Maybe my math is wrong, but when I am looking at it, only on community justice and policing there was $249,000. In my math, we are $32,000 short. Where did that money go? Was it transferred to somewhere else? I am looking at it, and it doesn't jibe with what is in community justice and policing. Can the Minister please advise us, where has this extra $32,000 gone? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and I thank the Minister for his answer. I guess this lease is an everlasting gift to the Government of the Northwest Territories. It just keeps on giving and giving and giving. So people who have to pay $4,000 a year -- I know in my community as a tax-based person, I pay $1,400 for a home. So, man oh man, you need to work with the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs to come up with a more realistic approach to it. Or is this a new industry for this Government of the Northwest Territories? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I am just trying to figure this out. There was $281,000 transferred to community justice, but when you look at the community justice page, it is only $249,000. We are $32,000 short. Where did that money go? Thank you, Mr. Chair.