Daryl Dolynny

Page 406, finance and infrastructure services, grants, contributions and transfers. Any questions?

Thank you, Mr. Stewart. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you. With that, we will go to Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With 2,700 rental units being managed by local housing authorities across the NWT, again, managing our rental collection, and if done properly, will help the bottom line.

So I do applaud the good work that the Minister and Housing Corporation has done in cleaning up this backlog of a low collection rate, which back in 2008 was about 71 percent and as we heard today, I got the number 97 percent today. So that’s a good job. That said, we still have some LHOs today that have collection rates under 70 percent.

What is the Minister doing to improve these rental collections in...

Page 403, executive, operations expenditure summary. Any questions?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Stewart

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Did you want that reply now?

Mr. Speaker, we know that CMHC funding for the Northwest Territories is declining from $21 million in 2001 to zero by 2038 with only 23 years left in funding. We also know that 50 percent of our housing stock today is over 30 years old or more.

Can the Minister tell us, what is the current strategy of the NWT Housing Corporation in dealing with these two very important problems? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. I take that as a comment, so I will leave it at that. Committee, we are on page 399, community housing services, operations expenditure summary. Any questions?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Stewart.