Jane Groenewegen

Thank you. We will take a break and we will resume after we have had our afternoon snack.

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Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Abernethy.

I would like to call Committee of the Whole to order. We are still dealing with Tabled Document 3-17(3), Main Estimates 2012-13. We left off on Human Resources. The next two departments after that would be Public Works and Services and Education, Culture and Employment. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In other cultures a great deal of importance is placed on the role of the extended family. In our culture, even here in the North, we often take our seniors to a different community, put them in facilities. Seniors living in their own accommodation, as my colleague raised today, struggle to maintain themselves in their independence in their own home. A number of years ago there was a prototype of a granny suite developed. They actually had it in the parking lot up here at the Explorer Hotel. The wisdom of the NWT Housing Corporation at the time was to build these...

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you. Mr. Abernethy.

The Minister did give me the full amount of the lending portfolio, but how much room is there left that is not fully subscribed? I didn’t do the math. I didn’t write it down in time to do the math here. What avenue does the BDIC have to come back to the government to expand on the amount of money that they have to loan out to NWT businesses?