Question Period Note: Daylu Dena Administration Building – Lower Post B.C.

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Reference number:
NA-2020-QP-0019
Date received:
May 26, 2020
Organization:
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Name of Minister:
Vandal, Dan (Hon.)
Title of Minister:
Minister of Northern Affairs

Suggested Response:

• We are aware of the concerns of the Daylu Dena Council with its current administration building and we support its decision to replace the building.

• The First Nation is performing the basic health and safety maintenance required to keep the building operating.

• We are working with the Daylu Dena Council to complete a community plan to replace the administration building as well as working collaboratively to address other future community

Background:

The Daylu Dena Council in Lower Post, BC has, for many years, been trying to have their current administration building (a former residential school) demolished, and a new administration building constructed.

The Yukon Regional Office has been working with Daylu Dena Council to explore options to replace the building. Demolition is not the issue, as there are funding sources for this. The issue is finding the funding to replace the building. Yukon Region CIRNAC/ISC has committed $285,000 towards the design of a new administration building.

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