Wendy Bisaro

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Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Ms. Schofield.

Thank you, Minister. Mr. Bromley.

Please carry on.

Welcome back, committee. We will come to order. We are done with opening comments. We are on page 6-7. We’ll defer page 6-7 until we have considered detail. Does committee agree? Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you. Is committee agreed to bring witnesses into the Chamber?

Thank you, committee. Could I have some order please? Thank you, committee. Page 9-19, activity summary, Justice, legal aid services, operations expenditure summary, $5.905 million. Mr. Yakeleya.

Ms. Schofield.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Today I want to speak to the third item in my trilogy about inadequacies in the Residential Tenancies Act.

Most people can appeal to the rental officer for an intervention and a decision to solve their impasse. However, the Residential Tenancies Act does not allow the rental officer to deal with renters and landlords of transitional housing. There is no definition in the act for the term “transitional housing” or “transition home” so the rental officer has no authority over this kind of rental premise.

This failing was recognized by the NWT rental officer in his latest...

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