Posted: May 13, 2021 5:21 PM CT | Last Updated: May 13
Rob Warburton has two kids aged three and five. He s comfortable sending his kids back to school after a two-week shutdown due to an outbreak of COVID-19. (submitted by Rob Warburton)
Rob Warburton had to isolate with his family because of the COVID-19 outbreak at N.J. Macpherson School. He said he trusts the testing being done and is not worried about his children returning to school on Monday. I don t feel it s any more of a risk than it was before sending my kids back to school after we get the all clear, he said. I m comfortable sending my kids back.
The big jump in costs, the corporation explained, is because construction costs have increased significantly in the last year due to the pandemic.
These forecasted numbers, the department continued, don t include costs for ongoing operations and maintenance, future … repairs or capital replacements.
The N.W.T. Housing Corporation didn t provide any other information on how they got to this estimate.
Paulie Chinna, the territory s housing minister, told CBC they re doing what they can to explain the extent of the crisis to their counterparts in Ottawa. It would be a lot of time and programming to be honest, but we don t have $500 [million] as a territory to begin with, she said.