Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Handley. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Going to my next point that I raised in my previous set, and that was emergency housing realities in view of six-month waiting periods. Now I think a lot of these obstacles I referred to earlier boil down to something, which it’s hard to integrate into government policies, and that’s common sense and some discretionary latitude for LHOs to use their own discretion to assess what is an emergency, what is a real need, what is something that needs to be responded to in terms of a housing need. It doesn’t matter whether you’re talking about people who are hard to house...

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Yakeleya.

New Mandate And Structure For The Delivery Of Housing In The NWT

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. My apologies to Mr. Krutko. I know how the bells got turned off now. My apologies for any insinuation. I want to tell the Members that, on the list right now, I only have two more Members who have already spoken on general comments. So if you want to get on the list and have priority over those who have already had a 10-minute slot, please put your hand up. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Mr. Braden.

Thank you, Mr. Pokiak. Mr. Krutko

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Now I’m confused. Whose money is it? Is it the Health and Social Services’ budget for this short-term and long-term relative homelessness, or is this money for the Housing Corporation? How much does the Housing Corporation put into hard to house, and I’ve got to tell you hard to house is not a short-term problem. Hard to house are people who have issues with their lifestyle perhaps, some have problems with mental illness, some have cognitive impairments, adults with FAS. Hard to house is not a short-term problem in the Northwest Territories, let me assure you....

I am going to call Committee of the Whole back to order. We have in front of us Bill 18 and in the order of departments, the first one we want to deal with is the NWT Housing Corporation. At this time, I would like to ask Minister Krutko if he would like to please provide the general comments for the NWT Housing Corporation. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. A technical issue. If Members take the full 10 minutes and the Minister takes another five or six minutes for questions, in fact, somebody who is waiting in line to speak, we are not going to be revolving, going to another Member every 10 minutes here. I am not sure how committee wants to deal with that, but it is just something to think about. I don’t see a quorum in the House, and this is Committee of the Whole, so I am going to use my prerogative as Chair to ring the bells to get more people in here.

---Applause

---Ringing of the Bells

Okay. Just a small mystery...