Julie Green

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The phased move-in, how long will that take? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I want to follow up on something that Mr. Elkin said. My understanding is that the hospital construction will be complete by the end of the year in 2018, and the move-in will happen six months later. I am wondering why it takes six months between the end of construction and the beginning of the move-in. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is good news. I think high-level leadership on this issue is very important to the implementation of the plan.

My final question has to do more with housing than homelessness. The report concludes that while overcrowded and substandard housing persists, people will continue to migrate to urban centres. Does the Minister agree with this conclusion, and is it on her radar to address the core need in housing? Thank you.

Thank you to the Minister for her response. I understand that she is very engaged with this issue, and I am glad that she supports the approach that the report has taken. One of the findings of the report is that it costs more to manage homelessness than to eliminate it. I am wondering if the Minister agrees with that statement.

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the Minister. Those are all my questions.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. With the help of the federal and territorial governments, the City of Yellowknife recently completed a 10-year plan to end homelessness. The plan includes a comprehensive analysis of the homelessness problem, and a robust set of recommendations to implement over the next 10 years. The next step is to move from planning to implementation with all orders of government at the table.

I want to share what I learned about homelessness from this report. First, homelessness is a problem that is located in Yellowknife, but only one in 10 people who identified themselves as homeless...

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.