Rocky Simpson

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just looking at the line item emergency shelters, we see roughly a $376,000 increase from the revised estimates. I guess what what caused that to that increase to happen? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. No further questions? Any further questions on lease commitments? Nothing. Thank you, Members.

Please return now to the Housing Corporation summary found on page 70 or 373, with information items on pages 374 and 375. Any kind of questions? Nothing. Thank you.

Does the committee agree that consideration of the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation oh sorry, Mr. O'Reilly.

Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I guess the reality is that we know this isn't going to happen overnight. It's not going to happen this month. It's not going to happen this year. It's probably not going to happen within the next five years. But what can happen is that we have to develop a plan, a longterm plan, to ensure that we're looking at the whole the whole of the issue and make sure that that plan is in place, because, you know, we're going to be short you know, to make this happen, we don't have we don't have the resources. We don't have the labour here. You know, we don't have the...

Thank you, Mr. Martin. Member.

Member. Minister.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And you know, when it comes to housing, we all know how important it is. And the Minister you know, we heard the number, you know, $20 million thrown around the other day. We heard the Minister say that, you know, we're upwards of maybe $500 million we need. And I guess what I would like to hear from her is, you know, when she's through that $500 500,000 or $500 million number out there, what would that get us? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Member. Minister.

Minister.