Caroline Cochrane

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'll start, and then I'm not sure if the housing minister would like to expand on it, but I'll begin with it.

I agree that you can't look at employment in small communities or look at increasing employment in small communities without looking at the need for housing. So I'm giving you a heads up on what but basically I do know that the Minister is working. We just had a discussion today actually and the Minister is working with the federal government as stated earlier today on a working group. She is also working with the Indigenous governments. Indigenous governments are...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to defer that to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs.

Okay, we're going to try to stick to the mandate, though, Mr. Chair.

Minister of Housing, please.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I know that they're started. I'm not sure if they're completed, though. For that, I'll turn it to the deputy minister to expand on that. I know that we're also doing more work to because the job descriptions where similar training is happening, and then we're still looking for to identify from staff on what they see as issues. So the work is still ongoing. But as for if it's all completed, I'd like to turn it to the deputy minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I think the Minister of Health and Social Services under the income oh no, Minister Simpson will be for income assistance. I don't see a mandate on it.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to direct that to the secretary to Cabinet.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That is my hope, that we have it (audio) Assembly however we're getting some flack on that as well at the working group. It's a matter of and we may have to we're looking at maybe the possibility of bringing in a facilitator to help.

They don't understand the process of the Legislative Assembly. There a lot of the members that are part of the working group believe that they can just say this is what we want and it's a done deal. We experience that at the last Assembly when we did the land and water as well. So we're still going through that. But we're committed to...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm always looking to build relationships with anybody that's willing to bring help us with our economy. However, in saying that, Mr. Chair, I'd like to remind Members that we do have time for oral questions when we sit in the House but this is actually a review of the mandate of these items and that item was not in the mandate. So respectfully, ask me that question in the House so we can focus on this and try to get through this. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd like to turn that to the secretary to Cabinet. Thank you.