Jane Groenewegen

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what is the Minister prepared to commit to in the House today in terms of consultation with seniors themselves, with respect to Public Housing Program supports to seniors, seeking the input of people from the communities so that we can avoid the kind of waste that we have seen take place in these communities that have been touched on today? Can the Minister commit to me today that he will put in place a very good consultation process to ensure that the stakeholders are consulted, and that we can avoid this needless waste? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, your committee has been considering Bill 9, Municipal Statutes Amendment Act, and Bill 3, An Act to Amend the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act, and would like to report that Bill 9 and Bill 3 are ready for third reading. Mr. Speaker, I move that the report of Committee of the Whole be concurred with. Thank you.

Thank you. If the Minister would like to correct the introduction for the record. Minister Bell, could you please, for the record, just clarify the introduction of your witnesses.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when the Minister says that it’s the wish of his department and this government to keep seniors in their own homes living independently, that just leads into something I referred to earlier in my Member’s statement, which is how can there be such a gap between offering social housing to seniors, zero rent, and offering virtually no support for seniors who are trying. That’s a contradictory statement, Mr. Speaker, to say we’re trying to encourage. What specific programs does the NWT Housing Corporation have today, or are they planning tomorrow to offer...

Thank you. Bill 3 is now ready for third reading. I would like to thank Minister Bell, Ms. Cooper, and Mr. Rutland for attending. Thank you.

What is the wish of the committee now that we have dealt with Bill 3 and Bill 9? Ms. Lee.

Thank you. Is the committee agreed?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am seeking unanimous consent to return to item 6, oral questions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Bill as a whole?

Thank you, Minister Bell. At this time, I will ask Ms. Lee, the chair of the Standing Committee on Social Programs, if she would please deliver the comments on the review by the committee. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Also, in my first set of questions, I referred to the contracting out of certain functions from the Housing Corporation. I have a few notifications for tenders that have gone out from the Housing Corporation here. One is for the development of a financial skills program, a two-day homeowner education course, and the other one is for a home purchase, a one-day education course. The people responding to these tenders should submit to the program development specialist in house. I am thinking if you are contracting out for one and two-day programs for people to learn how...