Jane Groenewegen

Thank you. Total supplementary appropriation, $16.651 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation. Mr. Speaker, in my Member’s statement I outlined the mandate of the NWT Housing Corporation. I was just wondering if the Minister could, just in rough percentages, tell us how much of the mandate in the resources and energy of this corporation is devoted to social housing needs versus these other things such as economic development initiatives, research, training, these other things. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Any further general comments? Mr. Krutko.

Thank you. Could you please turn back to the schedule on page 3? Part I, vote I, operations expenditures, total supplementary appropriation for operations expenditures, $11.201 million.

Thank you. Any further general comments on the Minister’s statement? Mr. Krutko.

I am going to call Committee of the Whole back to order. We are going to take up where we left off yesterday. Bill 13, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2004-2005, page 19, Transportation, capital investment expenditures, airports, special warrants, $3.4 million.

Thank you. Does the committee agree that Bill 13 is ready for third reading?

Is the committee agreed?

---Agreed

Thank you. The preamble to the bill.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’m in support of this motion as well, and I will speak briefly to one of the points, a whereas in the motion.

And whereas there are individuals and families who can no longer access programs and services of the NWT Housing Corporation because of previous rental and mortgage obligations to the Housing Corporation and there is a need to provide adequate shelter for these people...Mr. Speaker, just because people run into difficulties with the units that they are buying or renting does not negate the fact that they are still NWT residents in need of housing...