Caroline Cochrane

Mr. Anderson will answer that question.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The request was sent out a couple of years ago, so when we only got the three, we stopped at that. We made a commitment that we would make sure that three communities were successful before we went any further with any more funding on that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Actually, no, we are still committed to supporting housing within the NWT. This year we have $84 million committed from the Northwest Territories Government and last year it was actually around the same. Even with the $35 million that we received from the federal government, the Government of the Northwest Territories has still put in the same financial figure. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Repairs, renovations and minor capital projects need to be completed annually on both public housing and home ownership programs. The NWT Housing Corporation has a significant capital plan for 2016-17, $47 million, which includes repair and renovation budget of $18 million. $10.5 million is for repairs and renovations for NWT Housing Corp assets $6.5 million is for home ownership repairs and renovations. $1.1 million is for minor capital repairs. Renovation and repair work for the Housing Corporation assets and home ownership units has been consistent and predictable and represents a huge...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’ll let Mr. Anderson answer that.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Currently in the Northwest Territories we have 356 units that are actually suitable for seniors, designed specifically and have the modifications. This current coming fiscal year we’re looking at adding another 63 with the modifications designed specifically for seniors, so that will bring us up to 459 units in the Northwest Territories that have the seniors’ capacity. We are really actively working towards providing services for seniors so that they can age in place. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The Housing Corporation has really taken energy conservation really seriously, and so we have a number of measures. That goes back to the multi-units that we’re looking at doing, the four-plexes, in communities where they have one boiler system that serves all four units. We also support the Arctic Energy Alliance, who provides, for example, light bulbs to all community members. As well, we have solar on quite a few of our larger units that we have in the communities. Energy is a huge issue for all of us, and the Housing Corporation is trying make our units as energy...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. As committed, we will provide a copy of the document that we’re working from and that actually provided the $35 million. What do we talk about? What are we working on together? We talk about the high cost of food within the Territories. We talk about the inappropriateness that our small numbers within the territory or all three territories, our population base and the vast territory that we cover. We talk about because of the small population and the vast territory we talk about the high cost of infrastructure to be able to build houses, for example. To be able to...

Thank you, the standard LHO setup within the community is one manager and two maintenance workers. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It’s a 20year needs assessment, so we would need $30 million every year for 20 years. Thank you, Mr. Chair.