Jane Groenewegen

Clause 2.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the reason why I ask about how the mandate is divided and how much is spent on administrative overhead versus program delivery is because I believe that there are a lot of things that could be done that may seem smaller scale than building a lot of new housing units. I noticed, since I travel in the communities, that there are a lot of boarded up, vacant housing units in all of our communities, particularly in the smaller communities. I would like to know if the Minister has an idea of what kind of inventory of vacant units the NWT Housing Corporation...

Thank you. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Menicoche.

Thank you. Total supplementary appropriation, $16.651 million.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are for the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation. Mr. Speaker, in my Member’s statement I outlined the mandate of the NWT Housing Corporation. I was just wondering if the Minister could, just in rough percentages, tell us how much of the mandate in the resources and energy of this corporation is devoted to social housing needs versus these other things such as economic development initiatives, research, training, these other things. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. Any further general comments? Mr. Krutko.

Thank you. Could you please turn back to the schedule on page 3? Part I, vote I, operations expenditures, total supplementary appropriation for operations expenditures, $11.201 million.

Thank you. Any further general comments on the Minister’s statement? Mr. Krutko.

I am going to call Committee of the Whole back to order. We are going to take up where we left off yesterday. Bill 13, Supplementary Appropriation Act, No. 2, 2004-2005, page 19, Transportation, capital investment expenditures, airports, special warrants, $3.4 million.

Thank you. Does the committee agree that Bill 13 is ready for third reading?