Julie Green

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I appreciate the Minister's willingness to take it back to his department. I think that we know that climate change is real in the North. This is an example of how real it is, and I think it would be informative for motorists to know that this is what climate change looks like.

My last area is about operations and maintenance money for the new roads, the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway and the Whati road. Are those costs factored into the road? We are saying we need $67 million for the road to Whati. Does that include maintenance money, or is there a segment of the budget...

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I understand what the Minister is saying. I want to move on to managing expectations. That seems to be one of the major issues with this road. There is no write-up about it in Spectacular NWT. There is nothing that prepares the driver for the condition of this road until they are driving this road. Is there something more the Minister can do to communicate the condition of the road to the people who are using it who are coming to the road for the first time? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. How is the Housing Corporation helping the Housing Authority to address the need for units that are for single people in Yellowknife? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Where I'm going with this is that the availability of units is an issue in some of the communities which may also have surpluses. What I understand is they can't build any additional units to address the needs on their waiting lists, but they can replace existing units or repair them. Is that the situation? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. What I hear the Minister saying is that it is acceptable for the housing authorities to use their surpluses on construction. Do I have that correctly? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm sorry, I don't think my question was clear. I appreciate the need to do the testing and so on, but once the first patient is moved in, how long will it take to move all the others in? Thank you.

Thank you for that response. At what point does the furniture go in there, and the rooms get set up, and all that sort of thing? Is that within this six months, or is that in addition to it? Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to table the report "Everyone is Home – Yellowknife's 10 Year Plan to End Homelessness." Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

I think the key distinction here is between homelessness and housing. I know that the NWT Housing Corporation funds public housing throughout the Northwest Territories, and that there are some pots of money that go to the shelters. I think that what I am asking about here is whether the Minister will work to a more comprehensive response as it relates to the territorial problem that exists in Yellowknife. The plan calls on all the orders of government, that is, Indigenous, territorial, and federal, to work together to create this commission that will work on implementing this plan. Is the...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister responsible for Homelessness. Yellowknife has the largest homeless population in the Northwest Territories, and the city's 10-year plan to end homelessness provides an action plan to eliminate this problem. Will the Minister prepare a formal response to the plan, and release this response publicly when available? Thank you.