Tom Beaulieu

Thank you. My original question was: did the money from 2015-16, some of it or most of it, lapse?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, to the Northern Pathways to Housing, there is enough money in there to do four projects, but three projects were approved. I notice that the same budget appears in last year’s revised mains and mains and also in this year’s mains. I am wondering if the money lapsed last year. Did we do three last year and doing three more this year? Thank you.

Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I’m making a Member's statement on housing, but I’d like to acknowledge the Seniors’ Society. Mr. Speaker, today I’d like to speak on the NWT Housing Corporation and their definition of core need. In general, core need for housing is identified as a household that has one or more of any of the main ingredients that form core need. Adequacy, in general, is a house that requires a retrofit; or suitability is when there are too many people sharing bedrooms; and affordability is when the family spends more than 30 per cent of their household income on utilities...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I’m not asking the government to ignore people that can’t afford their homes. There are subsidies that can be paid to individuals. My point is we have a budget that is there to address people that have adequacy, suitability issues. Somebody’s house is not adequate to live in, whether they’re lacking electricity, hot and cold running water, continuous heat, solid foundation, whatever, all adequacy issues, however, and/or it’s too small. They got more than two people using the national standards on individuals. I’m not going to go through that, but just...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I feel like I have been talking about core need all day here, and then we’re getting into more questions around core need. I would like to know how the Housing Corporation sees affordability when the house is in perfect condition and adequately sized or suitably sized, affordability as a housing issue, as a coreneed housing issue. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this is a budget session. In the opening remarks, the Minister indicates that they will be developing options to support Aboriginal local governments. My question: is it appropriate at this time to speak on that issue or is it actually a line item in there, in this main estimate somewhere where it is not completely apparent to me at this point. Asking that question: is it in the main estimates? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Okay. I know what preventive maintenance is. I just wanted to know what marketing preventive maintenance meant.

Marci cho, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the committee would like to consider Tabled Document 50-18(2), Main Estimates, 2016-2017, and committee would like to consider the NWT Housing Corporation budget.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to thank the Minister for that response. Mr. Speaker, does the Minister believe that an individual that gets a goodpaying job can take themselves out of core need if they have a house that is not suitable and not adequate? Thank you.

I’d like to ask the Minister if she believes that the income support program can be used to eliminate core need.