Thank you. I believe the review was happening regardless. We have our regular reviews. Thank you.
Thank you. I'm going to go back to the Member from Great Slave.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, you know, I kind of took that as an interest on my own accord to go back and look at the annual reports because that was mentioned, I think, in the business plan explicitly. So if you go back to at least the '18, '19 annual report and every one since, the chief rental officer notes that tenants make many inquiries under section 30 of the Act but do not follow through due to likely onerous processes to complete the work of an application. So I would think that additional support for tenants could help alleviate these issues. And so I'd like to ask the Minister if there are any concerns that he knows related to staffing levels at the rental office. Thank you.
Thank you. I'm going to go the Minister.
No, I'm not aware of current staffing levels at the rental office. I know that a few years back quite a few years back now, I was still an MLA at that point, though it was difficult staffing those positions and it was significantly impacting landlords, especially with small landlords, but my constituents, the ones I deal with, and we were seeing quite long delays in dealing with issues. But I don't believe there's any staffing issues at this point. And I just appointed a few people, actually, in that office. Thank you.
Thank you. I'm going to go back to the Member from Great Slave.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. So can the Minister please clarify if that is the case, if there are more people, why in 20232024 revised and in 20242025 it's static and, indeed, lower than the 20222023 actuals, Mr. Chair. Thank you.
Thank you. I'm going to go to the Minister.
I'd like to hand it to Mr. Bancroft. Thank you
Thank you. I'm going to go to the director.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. The budget is remaining constant in the rental office. The positions that the Minister is referring to are appointments to the chief rental officer and the deputy chief rental officer, which there is two. One chief rental officer. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Great Slave.
Thank you, Mr. Chair. And, again, simply just a strong comment strongly encouraging the Minister to prioritize the timeline of the review to the Act and any possible amendments considering that public safety is a priority of this Assembly, and we hear or at least I hear in my constituency, concerns around public safety in rental units. So more of a comment than a question. Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you. No further questions? Okay, please turn to page 326.
Justice, services to the public, operational expenditures summary, 20242025 Main Estimates, $5,027,000. Does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. There are additional information items on page 329 and 330. Are there any questions? Thank you. Moving on.
Please return now to the department summary found on page 297 and revenue summary information item on page 298. Are there any questions?
Seeing none, continuing on. Seeing no further questions, committee, I will now call the department summary. Justice, operations expenditures, total department, 20242025 Main Estimates, $148,586,000. Does the committee agree?
Agreed.
Thank you. I'm going to go to the Member from Inuvik Boot Lake.
