Julie Green

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That’s everything.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

WHEREAS the right to have a home is recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as necessary for our health and wellbeing;

AND WHEREAS there are 15,000 houses in the NWT and one-fifth of them are unaffordable or unsuitable or inadequate;

AND WHEREAS this chronic deficit has not been reduced in the five years between the 2009 and 2014 NWT housing surveys;

AND WHEREAS the core housing need for Canada as a whole is 12 per cent;

AND WHEREAS Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation funding for the operations and maintenance of social housing is declining and scheduled...

Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to the Minister for that answer. Can the Minister say how much money is being invested in this energy efficiency in this budget? Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Thank you to the Minister for that answer. Mr. Speaker, I’m wondering if the Minister is planning a formal response to the document that he is tabling today. Mahsi.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Could the Minister say how much this increase in power will bring in to the NWT Housing Corporation? Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions are for the Minister of Health and Social Services. Has the government made a commitment to implement the fiveyear strategy and action plan to create safe communities for older adults? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Could the Minister tell us that, with an increase of six cents per kilowatt hour up to now, 15 cents per kilowatt hour, what the impact would be on the rent scale? She could choose either the lowest rent or the highest rent just to giving us an idea of the impact. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That’s over what period of time?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It is my understanding that the Housing Corporation includes the cost of power in the rent that is charged. Is that correct? Thank you.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, family violence has claimed yet another victim in the Northwest Territories. May Elanik of Aklavik was the mother of seven, including four girls, ranging in age from four to 13. She died in November after being found injured and unconscious outdoors. Last month a family member was charged with her death. He had been sentenced to house arrest earlier this year for assaulting May. This pattern of abuse escalating to homicide is far too common here in the NWT. The mandate for the 18th Assembly calls on us to take action on the crisis of family and community...