Caroline Cochrane

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll let the deputy minister answer that.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I will let the deputy minister address that answer.

Thank you, I'll transfer to my....

Thank you. I will take that as a comment.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So the corporate information management, we have four positions with the DIMs, new positions. And then the finance, there are long-term benefits and the leave was gone. It now goes into its own budget, so that's where the variances are on those. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you. I will let Mr. Guy answer that as well.

Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to provide an update on efforts to support gender equality in the Northwest Territories today. Equal opportunity for the development of the human potential of both women and men is a benefit to society as a whole and is the responsibility and concern of individuals, government, and non-government organizations. The Status of Women Council of the NWT, Native Women’s Association of the NWT, Yellowknife Women’s Society, and the YWCA of Yellowknife have challenged us and other NWT politicians, policy makers, and individuals to take the short introduction to gender-based...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We have had the money in place for over a year, but it has taken us time to actually work with the communities to get them to finish up. In fact, one of the communities just came in the other day to finish the process even though they expressed interest over a year ago. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The $492,000 is actually an old CMHC funding, and so it’s discontinued, so now being covered under homeownership programs. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The average percentage was based on the stick-built price the Housing Corporation received as part of the public tender process, compared against the design build process, received for module homes that were awarded. The NWT Housing Corporation is not permitted, under the tendering and contracting rules to provide specific detailed information on each proposal, but we can say, that on average, the prices received for stick-built, was more than 30 per cent higher than the module prices. In some case, the per cent was actually much higher. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.