Wendy Bisaro

Are there any further questions on this section? Mr. Hawkins.

There are no further questions. Do we have any further questions on this section, page 5-7? Does committee agree that we are done Public Works and Services, activity summary, Technology Service Centre, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $1.560 million?

Thank you, Mr. Elkin. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Guy. Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Dolynny. Mr. Beaulieu.

That was my next question, was when we might expect to see it reopened. So if it’s going to be finished within this fiscal year, I’m hoping April 1st I’ll be able to be over there and have lunch. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Ms. DeLancey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am really glad the Minister recognizes that there’s room for improvement. I have to say to the Minister that he may consider Yellowknife to be in good shape, but to have 150 or more people on a waiting list for transition housing is not good shape, in my mind.

Members are often asking Ministers to visit their community and talk to people. I’d like to know from the Minister if he’d be willing to sit down with our local authorities, non-government organizations, who do provide transition housing, and talk to them and work with them for solutions. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. Committee, we are on page 6-2, department summary. We will defer this particular page to the end. We will go to page 6-4, Health and Social Services, activity summary, health services programs, infrastructure investment summary, total infrastructure investment summary, $31.181 million. Mr. Dolynny.

Thanks to the Minister for the response. I have to totally agree with him. That’s the point of my statement. Affordability is absolutely an issue. The rental market in Yellowknife is such that people cannot afford to rent in Yellowknife, and we don’t have enough public housing, which would give them some opportunity to lower their rental costs.

I’d like to know from the Minister, in terms of addition of public housing units to communities, I’m sure there’s a priority list. I’d like to know from the Minister where Yellowknife and the addition of public housing units in the city of Yellowknife...