Kevin O'Reilly

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Again, my appreciation to the Minister and her staff for putting that together, and the sooner she can provide it to us I think the happier I'll be. So thanks again. No further questions, Mr. Chair.

Thanks, Mr. Chair. I'm looking at a motion that was passed in the House back in June of last year that called for the government to develop a comprehensive and fully costed strategic plan to get our housing out of core need at 2 per cent per year for four years. The response that came in from the government, the motion ended with a request that the government provide a comprehensive response to this motion within 120 days. That comprehensive response was four paragraphs; there were not any dollars mentioned in there.

That was tabled in the House in October, so here we are four months later...

Merci, Monsieur le President. I wish to table to following document: "Loans for Heat towards the Yellowknife Energy Savings Program" by the Pembina Institute, dated February 2015. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

I am not suggesting that the Minister only look at this document, but it is a fantastic review of how it is done in other jurisdictions. It even has an appendix with the proposed wording that could be used to adopt right into our City, Towns and Villages Act. So I guess what I am suggesting here is there is an opportunity fast track this amendment, a very simple one, so can the Minister, though, tell us when we would be seeing a legislative proposal to make this happen?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just to make it clear to the public, then, the reduction strategy, or the fiscal strategy, of Cabinet is driving down the contribution to the Housing Corporation by $1.3 million. I do not agree with that, and I just wanted to get it on the record. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Merci, Monsieur le President. My questions are for the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. In my Member's statement, I made reference to the Pembina Institute Report, "Loans for Heat: Towards a Yellowknife Energy Savings Program." Is the Minister aware of this report and are her staff using it as a basis for developing changes to the City, Towns and Villages Act to allow for the use of local improvement charges for energy efficiency? Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. We are looking at the GNWT contribution line here. Last year, it was $81,702,000. The proposal for next year is $74,943,000. Can the Minister explain that reduction? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate that. The $783,000 sounds like a lot of money. There might have been other money that had been spread out over three years. Is there some kind of a report, a formal evaluation of the project and the money that was spent? Is that something that could be shared with the Regular MLAs? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks again to the Minister for his response. Does the Minister, though, actually have a timetable for these steps that he's outlined? Can we expect to see a legislative proposal for the bill, this "what we heard" document, in the current session?

Thanks, Mr. Chair. Okay, I'll continue to watch the balance in this fund closely. Thank you.