I was wondering if the Minister could give me a bit of a timeline as to when he thinks that work might be done and if those individuals are identified to have arrears that aren’t in fact real, what’s going to be done to help offset those arrears.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My statement today is very similar to that of my colleague Mr. Beaulieu.

Over the summer, since the last time we got together, I had an opportunity to travel to many communities in the Northwest Territories and I talked with a lot of different people, both on committee travel and other related business. One of the common concerns that became evident as I was travelling around talking to the different residents of the Northwest Territories is housing.

There were two issues that came up more than others and the first one was the number of vacant public housing units and...

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Is committee agreed that we proceed with general comments in response to opening remarks?

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you. Sergeant-at-Arms, if you could please escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Mr. Miltenberger, could I please get you to introduce your witness for the record?

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Mr. Miltenberger, do you and Mr. McLeod have witnesses you’d like to bring into the Chamber?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. We’ll go to Minister McLeod.

I’ll call Committee of the Whole back to order. Prior to the break committee agreed that we would review Tabled Document 66-16(5), NWT Capital Estimates 2011-2012. First we’ll go to Mr. Miltenberger for opening comments.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. I’ll go to Minister McLeod for a response.