Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to follow up on a question I had asked the Minister of housing some time ago. I had written her an email about naming one of the downtown buildings the Whitford Building. I again brought it up in October asking about that. I talked about the policy, non-policy constraints, other than the fact that she wanted to say there's a process. Frankly, the Minister is in charge of this process, can present to Cabinet with not just one building that's established, but we also have three more -- or sorry, two more buildings coming on stream in the near future. Would the Minister be willing to name one of the three buildings, whether it's the new housing building, whether it's the Whitford Healing Centre for the new shelter, or even the downtown barrier-free building after Mr. Tony Whitford who has honoured this territory for decades. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Yellowknife Centre. Minister of Housing NT.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my discussions with Housing NWT, we are continuing to look at this, examine if naming buildings throughout the Northwest Territories for people that have done great service for the Northwest Territories, like Mr. Whitford, is appropriate. We continue to examine that. Because, again, we work with our leadership across the North, including the Council of Leaders, so things need to be examined carefully before announcements are made. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, we have a lot of buildings. I'm not here to go through them all; maybe we didn't name the Legislative Assembly, but we have the Joe Tobie Building, we have the Arthur Laing Building, etcetera, etcetera. We even had the Jan Stirling Building, and she was alive at the time it was named in her honour.
Mr. Speaker, I'm asking the Minister to show some courage, some fortitude on this one, and just make a decision today and say I will find a way to get this done, that we honour our former Commissioner in that type of method such as naming a building, either new or renewed, in his honour given the important commitment he's made to Northerners. Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I'll reiterate that this has to be examined, that we have to look at things, we have to be careful in what we do. And understanding the Member's request, we just have to be careful. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, I don't want to chew up too much more time but it just seems like, well, we're going to examine this. I mean, we could be in the -- we could be in the 22nd Assembly from the sounds of the way that the government's moving so quickly on this. Mr. Speaker, would the Minister be willing to commit to bring back a decision and direction before the end of this current sitting showing that we're done talking about this idea and be willing to make a decision? That would be grateful to me and an immense amount of Northerners who would appreciate this gesture. Thank you.
Mr. Speaker, the Minister's willing to commit that we'll come back at the end of the Assembly with a response for the Member. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, the Assembly -- if I said "Assembly", I want to make sure I was clear, I meant the sitting just so we're on the record. If the Minister meant the Assembly in two and a half years, I think, you know, that's the definition of bureaucracy in the sense of -- Mr. Speaker, can the Minister commit to bringing back a decision and direction before the end of this sitting? Thank you.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I meant Assembly and, again, I'll talk to the Member about this. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Minister of Housing NWT. Oral questions. Member from Yellowknife North.
