Robert C. McLeod

I’ll have Mr. Aumond speak to that.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It’s just money that we pay to the Gwich’in if we take any gravel or sand from their claim area. Thank you.

Mr. Chairman, at this time there is no new federal money. I continue to have discussions with the federal government as to their investment in housing in the Northwest Territories. At this time there is no new federal money on the horizon. Thank you.

The answer is we do pay it and the LHOs would work with the tenants. Public housing tenants as a rule use less power than a lot of private homeowners. So the $30 or $40, or the $6, it all depends on the amount of power that they use, but if the Member thinks that we just pay it and not talk to these folks, well, I mean, that’s far from the truth. We do work closely with clients and if you notice a spike, I can’t speak for the LHOs, but if you notice a spike in power consumption, then you would have a discussion with those tenants, because it’s costing the tenants money too. So it’s something...

Mr. Chair, as I was saying earlier, we have three applications for this year. I think we had one from last year. In the Member’s community, one of the communities that we thought this would be best geared towards has not ever accessed the money. I would encourage them, because they would qualify for it or they would be eligible for it. I would encourage them to apply.

The uptake is not being where we thought it would be with the communities that we had identified that would have been able to access some of this funding. As I said, we have three this year and we had one last year. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I do try to make it a point and I will keep the Member up to date on any developments not only in his community but the other communities where we’re facing some challenges. I will keep the Members apprised of the goings-on in their ridings. Thank you.

Mr. Chair, all the money has been allocated and there are some communities obviously facing some challenges. We’re just in the process of having some discussions as to how we can best assist those communities either by an extension of the time they have to complete their projects, but we’ve had fairly good success and a number of communities are getting their projects and will be done on time, but for those that are challenged, we’re just having those discussions now as to possibly having an extension. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. With respect to the land lease use and policy, we have invited them to be a part of the process. We do plan on consulting with them and also with the area in question. I think the lake borders the Gwich’in claim, so there’s going to be a committee of Gwich’in, Municipal and Community Affairs and the Town as to how to best manage the development along the lake. We are consulting with the Gwich’in. Thank you.

Agreed.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. In a lot of cases the LHOs have switched to the higher efficiency bulb and we’ve seen some of the difference in that, and as far as the appliances that we use in the units -- fridge, stove and the washer and dryer -- they’re usually responsible for. But having switched those out to higher efficiency models, I think we’re seeing a difference there. Also tenants are becoming more educated as to the more power they use, the more they have to pay. So they’re taking steps on their own. We have a communication plan and we try to work with the tenants to ensure that their power...