Alfred Moses

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, that is correct.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I do believe I did a Minister's Statement on the good work that we are doing with the Northern Pathways to Housing program.

Currently, we have one of those programs set up in Fort Simpson that is being managed by the Liidlii Kue First Nation. It is working really well, and I am proud to say that we have helped some people transition into housing or get the support and assistance that they need, whether it is treatment or to get back on their feet. We are going to get one shortly up in Behchoko here, and we are hoping to see some good results out of that. As I mentioned...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In some cases, when we look at some of the units and if they are beyond repair, what we would do is dispose of the unit and just do a new build if it's beyond repair. I just let the Member know that instead of putting all that work through and take the rest of his comments. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

To be honest, I think it's too early to say. We've got to do our evaluation, monitor the SIP home, the solar panels, as well as, like I said, we have to do the research and continue to monitor and evaluate before we look at expanding the program, but we are anticipating that we are going to see some energy efficiencies, and hopefully we can move forward with this.

Most recently, as well the Member knows, we did sit down with the Deline Got'ine Government around other housing infrastructure needs, as well as promoting our housing programs and how we can work together. Right now, it's too early...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I believe Sambaa K'e isn't on the list here for a replacement. One thing that I do want to let the Member know is that, in some cases, you are not going to see some communities on the acquisition list. That's because there are unit condition ratings if the units are over 70 percent or the community had significant past investments in the last couple of years. There might be some vacancies in the units as well. We do it on a needs assessment. Every community, we do take a look at in terms of what is needed. I know, in terms of Sambaa K'e, we have put some investments in...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. When we do the major retrofits, if it doesn't impact the client or the tenant, they can stay in the unit. If it will impact them, then we try to find a replacement unit for them while we do the major retrofit on the units themselves. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. First off, I just want to let the Member know that, when we speak with our federal counterparts, we continue to put the pressure and let them know our challenges here up in the North. We have actually invited the Minister to come up North and see the challenges of building housing units or any other type of infrastructure. It has been a consistent message to get more funds flowing to the Northwest Territories.

In the bilaterals, we are looking at modernizing and making our units more energy efficient. That will lower the costs on our stock. In terms of providing the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As the Member knows and brought this up on a few occasions, asking for investments to an LHO office in Fort Liard, we have put it into the capital budget, and we will be moving forward with that project. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, I will commit to that. In fact, we will probably be making an announcement. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We can put something in there, a definition of what the core needs are and how we use it to look at doing our funding to the communities and some of the questions that have already been asked. Yes, we can definitely do that.