Michael McLeod

Mr. Chairman, I will have to ask Mr. Anderson to see if he has that information. Mr. Chairman, I would just add that the issue with Dettah and Ndilo, the meetings continue to happen. In fact, they are meeting tonight again to see if they can resolve some of these issues with some of our Housing Corporation staff.

It is difficult to answer that question. We are not completely done with our discussions with the executive. There are a number of issues that are potentially out there that we need to be very careful we don’t breach. There is a collective bargaining discussion going on. There are also other legal risks that we have to work out before we move forward. We would be glad to lay out the program design to the Members, hopefully in a couple of weeks, as to all the details and how we expect to move forward. Those areas that were raised by the Member are the areas that we are exploring right now.

Mr. Chairman, the reason for that is the communities charge the NWT Housing Corporation a different rate than they do all of the other residents. We pay full, either full government rate or full commercial rate, which is considerably higher than the individuals or the private individuals that live in the community.

Yes, I do, Mr. Chairman.

Yes, Mr. Chairman, I would have to see what kind of documents we have. The Auditor General audits our books and they feel that this is proper. The federal government will cover about $45 million. We have the rest on our books, about $23 million, and we can go back and see what kind of documents we have that would shed some light onto the question that the Member was raising.

Mr. Chairman, I have to retract my comment. It says 60 units earmarked for this year.

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It comes out to about $12 million, Mr. Chairman.

Mr. Chairman, that is correct.

Mr. Chairman, we’d be pleased to share the numbers that we have in terms of collection and receivables from his riding if the Member would like. Thank you.

Mr. Speaker, this issue was raised by the Gwich’in leadership. We will look into the situation and take the opportunity to talk to the Member in that area. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, I am not sure how many Finance Ministers were asked the same question, and it has been reviewed very recently and the response has not changed.