The Minister Responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation, Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, my question to the Premier is in regard to his statement in regard to the Western Premiers’ Conference he just attended. There were a few issues in there in regard to the conference itself, but more importantly, there was lot of discussion around energy — looking at ways of bringing down energy and looking at alternative energies that are out there. I’d like to ask the Premier: exactly what type of responses did we get? Are those responses going to be put by way of ideas and sent to the federal government, to ask them for certain funding? You talk about hydro; you talk about wind...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In regard to the issue around individuals who may have been evicted for one reason or another, especially who have families and children involved…. As a government we still have units in our communities that may not be perfect in the sense of a modern house, but the Housing Corporation still has these units. They still maintain them. I think that everything should be done to deal with the homeless issue to have some sort of transitional housing or shelter in communities. Like the Member for Nunakput tried to state, where do these people go once they are evicted from...

Sergeant-at-Arms, escort the witnesses in. For the record, Mr. Minister, could you introduce your witnesses?

It’s good to see numbers going down, but I think there are a lot of children who have fallen through the cracks, who have now ended up in institutions such as our jail systems, our young offenders facilities. I’d like to ask the Minister: do you track the children who are in care, and exactly where do they progress? What happens to these children after the age of 18?

You know, as a government and as a corporation, I think we have to develop a comprehensive report or some sort of a process in regard to looking at the holistic approach of housing. I’m not just talking housing as a stick-built unit. I’m talking about housing for all classes of people, from disabled people to seniors to families to singles to transitional housing to basically shelters. I mean, we have to look at the whole configuration of housing, right from, like I say, the time an individual is born to the time they pass away, through a seniors’ home or whatever, through that system of...

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. At this time I’d like to ask the Minister Responsible for the Housing Corporation if he will be bringing in any witnesses. Mr. Miltenberger.

Mr. Speaker, can the Minister give me a breakdown on the cost for the number of children who are in care and also the cost associated with the children in care in my riding?

Mr. Robert McLeod.

Mr. Ramsay.