Daryl Dolynny

Thank you, committee. Page 317, Justice, lease commitments, information item. Any questions?

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister Ramsay.

I’m not sure if I got a response to that question. We are right now in a position of a holding pattern. We’re waiting for proponents to come forward. We’re looking at expressions of interest and it has been clearly documented that this government has an opportunity to review, during its so-called quiet period, those issues of liability, maybe better guidelines or framework of action or, in essence, a better framework in place so that when we do have proponents in place they can be operating at efficiency.

Can the Minister indicate, has work been done to look at guidelines, look at framework...

Thank you, committee. Page 305, legal aid services, operations expenditure summary, $6.303 million. Does committee agree? Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Minister Ramsay.

Thank you, Member Hawkins. We’ll turn our attention to Mr. Blake, go ahead.

Thank you, Minister Ramsay. Committee, we’re on page 315, services to public, operations expenditure summary, $5.152 million. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. Page 271, mineral and petroleum resources, active positions, information item. Any questions?

Mr. Speaker, we know that CMHC funding for the Northwest Territories is declining from $21 million in 2001 to zero by 2038 with only 23 years left in funding. We also know that 50 percent of our housing stock today is over 30 years old or more.

Can the Minister tell us, what is the current strategy of the NWT Housing Corporation in dealing with these two very important problems? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. I take that as a comment, so I will leave it at that. Committee, we are on page 399, community housing services, operations expenditure summary. Any questions?