Robert C. McLeod

Mr. Chairman, we don’t have that information with us at the moment. I will get the information and pass it on to the Member and other Members if they wish to receive the same information. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We respect the work that the volunteer firefighters have to do, it is why we have asked for $300,000, to make sure that they are properly trained and we also respect the fact that the communities realize the importance of providing the gear, which should be a well-trained volunteer fire department. Some communities have identified it. Our plan is to use all the $300,000 towards training and make sure all the volunteer firefighters are trained up properly. Thank you.

I will commit to the Member that we’ll prepare a briefing note with an update and status. I think there are approximately 25 units in Deline that are being renovated right now. So I’ll get an update and a status and expected finish date and then he can relay that on to his constituents. Thank you.

We don’t have that level of detail here, but I will commit to the Member that we’ll get the information that he’s requesting.

Mr. Chairman, we can share that with committee. Thank you.

There are many things taken into consideration when they calculate the rent scale and a lot of things are factored into coming up with the amount of rent that the folks pay in the communities. I do know that there is a bit of a discrepancy at the regional level. That’s one of the reasons the Housing Corporation is entertaining the idea of going to a regional rent scale. That would benefit some of the smaller communities that are maybe a few minutes away from some of the larger communities and the rent calculated in those communities is quite different.

Mr. Chairman, the rent that each LHO generates goes back into the operations. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, we think it’s very important too. That is why we have come forward with a request for fire emergency training, and a lot of it we would obviously target a lot of those communities that have some challenges and need some training. We would obviously have to target those communities first to make sure that they are in a better position to respond to any emergency that is in their community. I can assure the Member that we will take his advice and we will target a lot of the communities where it is found that they are in most need. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, I do know for a fact that a lot of these communities, LHOs do have an inventory and they keep track of the appliances they have in there. Having said that, if the Member wants written confirmation, we would be able to provide him with as much information as he needs. Thank you.

I’m sure that information is there somewhere, but I can tell the Member that we have 45 percent of our tenants who are paying $32. There are 21 percent of our tenants that are at zero. We do have some statistics and I’ll try to pull them together and give the Member all of the information he needs to make a very informed recommendation.