Shauna Morgan

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So just to clarify, some of the cost of the shelter is included here or the assumption of what the cost would be if it was contracted out to a non-profit, but it's just the extra that's coming from within? My concern is that currently we're funding the actual amount that's needed from within, and it's not showing up, but is that a sustainable way to budget for providing this service that clearly needs to continue being provided? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay. I mean, I'll just -- I'll just point out at this point, I understand that housing gets revenues from this that it can recycle into its other operations and that that is a benefit. But given that, you know, most of the funding for Housing NWT is coming from the GNWT, if it was determined that, like, leasing of commercial or non-residential space could be done more efficiently by another department that's doing a lot more of this and that somehow the revenues from that could still be guaranteed to go to Housing NWT, I would just urge that that could be something that might be a...

I'll leave it there for now. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to ask whether Housing NWT is considering getting out of the business of leasing buildings, I mean, to other GNWT departments or other community-based organizations and whether, for example, this activity would be better housed under, like, Department of Infrastructure. I guess -- okay, I'll just leave that as my first question to the Minister. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Okay, thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm going to leave that for now. I'm still confused; if we don't even know yet who's going to own and operate or how these units are going to work, I'm not sure how we can get a very specific number like $408,000 in savings if we're not sure what's happening to the units. But to be continued.

I had a few questions about items in the business plan that I think are related to this page. So on page 407 of the business plan under -- it's titled initiatives of community housing, it talks about the goal of working with Indigenous governments or NGOs to create supportive or...

Thank you. And so can you clarify when you're talking about these nine training sessions, is that with staff that are already working for the LHOs and they're gaining additional skills, or are these -- is that training people so that we can hire new people or training people who work for other organizations such as Indigenous governments to -- like, who are we training, and are we hoping to get them, like, certifications out of this, or what is the -- really the expected outcome from those trainings? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do have a few remaining questions. The first is just following up on the last line of questions that I was asking about the HELP program and the disposition of those 51 units. The Minister or her staff people had said that the adjustment is $408,000. I think there's a reduction there. Can the Minister explain where those savings come from? How are we saving $408,000 by disposing of the units? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you for clarifying. So that is good to know and that we have plans for the additional three. Does the Minister have any insights on what is -- what are some of the barriers to trying to fill up all those positions and whether there's opportunities for broader partnerships with ECE or Aurora College to try to make sure that we can fill up all those apprenticeship spots? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Minister for having those numbers on hand.

So 21 out of 190 units is a pretty low percentage I think we can all agree. Can the Minister explain what were some of the barriers or challenges that prevented more of those HELP tenants from actually achieving that homeownership that they set out to achieve when they joined the program? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's all my questions on this page.