Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a second round of questions for the Minister of Housing NWT, specific this time to the homelessness strategy.
Mr. Speaker, last year the OAG audited public housing in the Yukon. The OAG found that the Yukon Housing Corporation did not have complete, timely, and relevant information to manage programs and benefits. Three of the nine recommendations coming out of Yukon's audit were on data collection and analysis. Has the Minister been briefed on the results of the Yukon audit and on how those lessons could be applied here in the NWT? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member for Kam Lake. Minister responsible for Housing NWT.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And to the Member, thank you for the question as well too. I have not been briefed on the audit for the Yukon. But the department does keep an eye on other jurisdictions as well too, and looking at how we can improve and do things better within the portfolio as well too and making those changes. But in the Housing Renewal Strategy, it specifically notes that we need to improve our data collection and measurement so we can decide what is working, what isn't working. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it would be of great value, I think, to look at what the Yukon's audit read, and I think that it would also be of great value to look at our 2008 audit that the OAG did on our own Housing Corporation here because a lot of those recommendations are still quite relevant today.
Mr. Speaker, if this audit was repeated in the NWT, I believe the OAG would have similar findings on the lack of information at Housing NWT. One major recommendation was that the Yukon Housing Corporation set up performance indicators, including shortterm and longterm targets and outcome measures at the program level. Will the upcoming homelessness strategy include shortterm and longterm targets and outcome measures at the program level? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Member as well too because I know this is a document that has been a long time waiting for this government to see. I can confirm today that the focus is on data collection and the measurement as well. But I do look forward to sharing this document with the Members and with the public very soon. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. We have long been awaiting this document and have yet to see a draft on that and very much welcome it at the committee level.
Another recommendation was for the Yukon Housing Corporation to develop and implement a program evaluation framework. We heard in the Minister's remarks yesterday that we don't have a systematic data collection. So will the upcoming homelessness strategy include a plan for systematic data collection and program evaluation framework? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And I can confirm once again that we would be looking at data collection and the measurement of what works and doesn't work. I just look forward to sharing that document with Members. It should be available, I want to say February 28th was the date that I was provided with. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Member for Kam Lake.
Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, another key outcome from Yukon's housing audit was to improve interdepartmental collaboration. Yukon Housing Corporation and Yukon's Department of Health and Social Services have committed to signing a multiyear MOU, including coordinating their approach to information management. This is also something I have frequently spoken about to the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment and Minister of Justice who is also responsible for integrated service delivery. We know so much of our program delivery in this territory is siloed and desperately requires integration.
So will the upcoming homelessness strategy include a plan for Housing NWT and the Department of Health and Social Services, as well as Education, Culture and Employment, to coordinate information management? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I can confirm that the homelessness strategy is an allofgovernment approach. I have been working with my colleagues, Department of health, Justice, and really looking at how we could strategize with this homelessness strategy. And I know that it's a priority of this government as well too. I know the Members have been waiting for quite some time for this. I don't want to put too much information out there until the Members are able to actually receive the document and do a review of the document. I did provide a date of February 28th. And I hope that's sufficient. I myself would like to see this homelessness strategy reviewed and tabled by the end of this government. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister. Oral questions. Member for Monfwi.
