Caroline Cochrane

Thank you, Mr. Chair. To begin with, we will be reporting to the regional office until the LHO office is stabilized. Then we will look at getting a local board within that community. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Year20 and year35 houses need to be renovated to bring them back up. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

I’m going to try to address the question, because I’m a bit confused on what the Member is asking. Yes, affordability can still maintain someone in core need because, again, we don’t have control over our market rents. Even if someone has a greatpaying job, there can still be affordability issues in the market housing that is available. Now, if somebody chooses to live in a house that is above their means, that’s a personal choice. But, as when it comes to normal market rents, there still will be affordability issues with people that work in the lowerincome positions.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There will be no impact on the rent scale, actually. This is above and beyond the rent scale. The average cost that will come to a family would be about $27 per month. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. If the Members would like, we can actually put together a document that shows the costing to address every single core need within the Territories. We can provide that. The reality, though, is that the argument that we give for the tri-territories is a business case based on the higher cost of living within the territories, and so we advocate again, not on what each territory would need. We just advocate based on that we have the highest core needs amongst the three territories in all of Canada. The federal transfer payments currently for housing cannot be based on a...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Yes, we’re looking at expanding our LHO services to Fort Liard, Whati, and Gameti. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There is work that will be done to address the core need within the communities as outlined within our budget. In all honesty, we’d need about $30 million to address our own stock at this point, within this fiscal year. Currently, we don’t have $30 million to provide for that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Within the “core need” definition, there are three aspects that are looked at, and so that is adequacy, as you stated, suitability, and the third piece is affordability. Some people will live in an adequate house that is suitable but still can’t afford to maintain that unit. That is the definition. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Currently, at this point, people pay nine cents towards the utilities. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’m going to have to beg to argue with the Member on that one. Affordability is defined within the national standards on core needs. Like I said, we’ve just passed a motion in the House that said we’re to work towards addressing the core need, national, and so I don’t know how I would work towards that if we changed the definition and our definition of core need does not match the national definition of core need, because then I cannot at any time address… I can’t compare apples to oranges. If you want me to do the motion and work towards addressing the core need then you...