{"id":123158,"date":"2025-09-06T01:24:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:24:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/123158\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T01:24:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T01:24:09","slug":"ncc-development-lacked-full-team-to-deliver-on-nunavut-3000-agreement-ceo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/123158\/","title":{"rendered":"NCC Development lacked \u2018full team\u2019 to deliver on Nunavut 3000 agreement: CEO"},"content":{"rendered":"

Clarence Synard speaks alongside Nunavut Housing Corp. leaders as MLAs review auditor general report on housing<\/p>\n

When NCC Development Ltd. signed on to build 2,000 homes<\/a> as part of the Nunavut 3000 initiative, it lacked a \u201cfull team,\u201d CEO Clarence Synard said.<\/p>\n

Synard made the remarks before the Nunavut legislature\u2019s government oversight committee<\/a> Friday, where MLAs have been reviewing the auditor general\u2019s 2025 report on public housing in Nunavut<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Part of that report noted that Nunavut Housing Corp. is facing \u201cchallenges to meet its public housing targets under the Nunavut 3000 Strategy by 2030.\u201d<\/p>\n

While committee members were examining that issue, Netsilik MLA Joseph Quqqiaq asked Synard if NCC had the \u201cresources, personnel, equipment, corporate structure to deliver\u201d on Nunavut 3000.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the time of the signing of the agreement, we did not have a full team in place to be able to address this big build-out of housing,\u201d Synard said.<\/p>\n

\u201cPrior to [Oct. 18, 2022, when the Nunavut 3000 agreement was signed] and continuing on after that date, we continuously worked on building up our team to be able to deliver on the contracts that we had agreed to with Nunavut Housing Corp.\u201d<\/p>\n

Synard estimated there are up to 230 employees working across the communities, at least 100 of whom are Inuit.<\/p>\n

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He said training a workforce has been another important part of Nunavut 3000, and that has included getting people into the trades.<\/p>\n

In addition to workforce-related challenges, Synard said communities\u2019 lack of infrastructure and other construction-related issues have presented delays.<\/p>\n

For example, he said, there was one lot in a community where work was set to begin. But the discovery of an electrical cable below ground temporarily paused that build.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a lot of challenges with it, but I also think that through collaborating with [Nunavut Housing Corp.] that we\u2019ve been very successful in pivoting and being able to work towards delivering on these much-needed units,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The government oversight committee\u2019s two-day hearing on the auditor general\u2019s May 2025 report on public housing closed Friday. Other topics covered included maintenance issues and discrepancies in how Nunavut Housing Corp. allocates housing units.<\/p>\n

Deputy auditor general Andrew Hayes said during Thursday\u2019s proceedings that his office is likely to conduct a followup report on this audit and on the way Nunavut Housing Corp. implements its recommendations.<\/p>\n

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