Daryl Dolynny
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Thank you. Page 409, programs and district operations, operations expenditure summary. Any questions?
Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. You did ask a hypothetical question as can it conceivably happen. Can you be more specific in your question, please? Thank you.
Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Continuing on with general comments, I have Mr. Moses.
Thank you, Mr. Bromley. With that, we’ll turn it over to the Minister for replies. Minister McLeod.
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