Daryl Dolynny

Page 403, executive, operations expenditure summary. Any questions?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Stewart

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Did you want that reply now?

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?

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Stewart.

Thank you, Mr. Ramsay. Ms. Haener, Ms. Schofield, welcome again to the Chamber. It’s nice to see you.

Committee, we are on general comments, Department of Justice. Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Like most MLAs, many of us spend a large portion of our time assisting our residents with affordable housing situations. For the most part we find solutions but, sadly, there is still much disappointment for our most vulnerable in society. This has prompted me to speak today about what I think should be a basic human right. That right, Mr. Speaker, is the right to shelter.

There is nothing more colonial in our modern-day history than the way a number of bureaucrats and politicians in Ottawa decide on budgets for our nation’s housing crisis. Sadly, with federal CMHC...

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Minister McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Stewart. Sorry. We’ll go to Minister McLeod.