Thank you, Madam Chair. I want the Minister to caution that they are not two departments: one is an arms-length corporation; the other is a department. Is the Minister willing to have a conversation with the Premier and bring back some options to Regular Members on corporate restructuring for how we fund housing in the Northwest Territories? Thank you, Madam Chair.

I think that was a yes. I'm glad to hear that, and I'm glad to hear we are working with our Indigenous governments. Really, at the end of the day, what I am looking for is to give the vast majority of the land in Yellowknife North back to the Akaitcho and to keep a few leases in fee simple where my residents currently live. Can the Minister write to Akaitcho on what they would require to agree to land disposition of those leases?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my statement today, I spoke about electoral reform, but I'll get to reforming democracy if I can get a few yesses out of the Department of Lands first. My question for the Minister of Lands is: will he develop land use area regulations for the Ingraham Trail? Perhaps I can get agreement that this work can be part of phase 2 of the Public Land Act and regulations. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I know the GNWT everywhere and all of our departments, and all of our arms-length ones have a massive infrastructure deficit. However, the GNWT has a financial responsibility policy that sets out how much can go into capital and covered by O and M, part of that is that the amortization has to be spent and that's linked to not letting our deferred maintenance get too out of control. When I see that we have a $40-million deficit in bringing our current stock up to where it should be, it seems like those numbers have got out of sync. Is the Housing Corporation required to...

Thank you, Madam Chair. We had a bit of a conversation about capital management and I believe I heard, I forgot the put the figure down, but a very significant deficit, $40 million a year essentially, for the Housing Corporation to manage its stock. Is the Housing Corporation required to amortize its assets such that it is required to spend a certain amount in its capital budget every year, and if so, what is that amount? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Can I get the wait list, and can I get how many of those public housing units we own as opposed to rent? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Another somewhat controversial suggestion: when I look at the Housing Corporation, I see under it, 23 authorities. Each of those authorities come with staff; they come with offices; they come with administration. My experience has been: tenants are mad at the housing authorities; the housing authority is mad at the Housing Corporation. The Minister is frustrated. This room is frustrated. It seems to be a big chain of frustration in regard to housing and a bunch of homeless people at the bottom. I really don't believe that the housing authorities are the most efficient...

Thank you, Madam Chair. Could that analysis include whether the Housing Corporation should have a board, perhaps a board of deputy ministers, even. At least then, at the DNC committee, they would argue for some more housing money. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I think there is strong support in this room and in this Assembly to give more money for housing. However, I do have some concerns about the current structure of the Housing Corporation and the way it operates. I don't want to just throw money at it if it does not ultimately put more houses on the ground and for the best bang for our buck. I have concerns about the lack of democratic oversight of the Housing Corporation.

I am looking at a budget here I do not get to vote on. I don't even have an ability to put money in this budget. There is one Minister, and then there...

When I first ran for this job, I never thought I'd be so excited about an agreement to develop land-use regulations. In the past, we have tried to develop a Yellowknife periphery area strategy. This initially failed because it largely had a recreational focus and ignored the residential aspect that these are people's homes. It also failed to get proper consultation and engagement from the Akaitcho Government. I believe this work still needs to be done, to set out what the future of the Yellowknife periphery area looks like. Will the Minister develop a Yellowknife periphery area strategy?