David Krutko

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Next on the list I have Mr. Yakeleya.

Okay. Does committee agree?

Thank you. Next on the list I have Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Welcome, witnesses.

As I stated, we are now on the Department of Education, Culture and Employment, page 7-2, Infrastructure Investment Summary, Total Infrastructure Investment Summary: $76.889 million.

Interjection.

Minister of Finance.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I definitely look forward to working along with the Minister and other Ministers to resolve this problem. It is unique to small, isolated communities, especially where it’s a non-market community.

I’d like to ask the Minister, along with the Minister of Housing, if he can provide us with any information he was able to compile on this situation in regard to where the units are located and where we don’t have units so that in the affected communities we know exactly what situation we’re in and the same information is being shared between the affected parties.

I’d like...

Mr. Aumond.

Do you agree that the Minister bring in his witnesses?

Minister of Finance.

Again, we find ourselves reacting and not being proactive. As government we did have staff housing in just about all the communities in the Northwest Territories by way of professional staff housing for teachers. A lot of these units are still in our communities, and they are over 30 years old. They are in urgent need of repairs and upkeep.

I’d like to ask the Minister: what are we doing to improve the housing stock in our communities throughout the Northwest Territories by way of professional housing for staff such as teachers, nurses and other professionals?