Frederick Blake Jr.

Good, Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Next, under the fur program, the department has done a good job lately, well, for a number of years, on the Genuine Mackenzie Valley Fur Program. I know I brought this up a couple of years back.

I am really glad to see, as I mentioned last year, again, as more and more we are seeing the young fellow there from Hay River who is on satellite TV now, who is really putting it out there that in the Northwest Territories we use humane trapping methods, and I really feel strongly that we need to promote that a lot more. Watching other programs, like Yukon Trapper or whatever, the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, how much time would the department need once the survey is completed to actually make this change if that is what the people want? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

I would like to ask the Minister: how can the corporation support the spirit of the rent scale, fair rent for all public housing tenants, for tenants like I have described whose income taxes don't show the full picture of their employment income?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Public Housing Rent Scale was introduced in 2012 to help make monthly rent for public housing units simpler, more predictable, and much more fair. The scale ties rent to a household income and makes sure no one pays less than $70 per month or more than $1,625 per month. It also makes sure rent reflects where people live, recognizing the cost of living is much higher in the rural and remote communities.

In 2015, the rent scale was updated. The corporation announced that, like in calculations for income assistance, payments through the Canada Child Tax...

Thank you, Minister Abernethy. Mr. Simpson?

Thank you, Mr. Nakimayak. Minister Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, every summer, a community somewhere experiences a devastating wildfire that threatens lives, homes, and important infrastructure.

Mr. Speaker, Fort McPherson's Wildland Fire Protection Plan was finalized in 2012. It recommended improving the community's fuelbreaks and helping people reduce fire hazards on their properties by getting rid of dead brush and controlling the vegetation growing around their homes.

Mr. Speaker, Fort McPherson's fuelbreaks were established in the 1980s and are overgrown and ineffective.

Mr. Speaker, in 2014 the community was ready...

Thank you, Mr. Thompson. Next we have Mr. Simpson.

Thank you, Deputy Minister DeLancey. Mr. Simpson.