Caroline Cochrane

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, if the Members would like us to provide it in the House, then we can do that, although I would like to say that I was hoping that the committee was a way of disseminating information to the Members. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That was the one I assumed and so made the statement that, yes, every application can be considered and north is $15,000, southern communities are $10,000. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Anderson will expand on my statement earlier.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Previously, Aboriginal governments have come forward and wanted to take ownership of their housing needs and we tried to work with them and those attempts weren’t really successful. I am really committed to, and I believe, like I had stated many times, that self-governance is important for Indigenous people, and within that true self-governance means that you have to take on ownership of your housing, your children, et cetera. I am really more than open to working with an Aboriginal organization that’s willing to try out a pilot project, but I really want to stress that I...

The corporation realizes that the shelters and the foster care shelter is really important and vital to our communities as it provides a safe place for our children in this case and for women that are experiencing family violence. In order to do that, we try to maintain them as best as possible. The NWT Housing Corporation did receive federal funding for renovations for family violence shelters and we’ve met with the, we’ve got together with the five shelters and we’ve put all the money on the table and we’ve asked them to kind of prioritize what they see as the needs. On top of that, the...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. No, this will not take away our ability to provide housing for our residents. We’ve been doing market housing for about 15 years. We have a huge success rate within the communities. The community has asked us to keep it. Not only do they appreciate it, they require it in order to maintain services such as teachers, social workers, nurses, and now RCMP within our communities, they rely on the NWT Housing Corporation to provide those units. The cost of the RCMP housing actually will be the operating and maintenance will be charged back to them and they will be paying market...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Again I am a bit confused with the question. If it is the homelessness initiative, that is the housing assistance funding. That is the $3,000 application base. If we are talking about the Small Community Homelessness Fund, that is also application based. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That was actually federal money that was one-time funded. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want clarification on the question. Is he asking the number of staff? Or is he just wanting clarification that it is what is covered under here?

Mr. Speaker, the Government of the Northwest Territories has made a commitment it its mandate to work in partnership with other orders of government to address affordable housing requirements and to support Aboriginal local governments in their housing aspirations and initiatives to address homelessness. We are delivering on that commitment, and I am pleased to tell you today that a new partnership initiative between the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation and K’atlodeeche First Nation that will let us deliver housing services and programs on reserve land. The core housing need for the...