Tom Beaulieu

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. That is correct, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to thank the Minister for that answer. It would be good if the department could look into more income. To another question, foster parent and foster home screening was flagged by the Auditor General in the 2014 report. I understand that internal reviews show that the issues continue to challenge family services. What changes to a foster parents screening can we expect this spring? Thank you.

If we know the commonalities between the families with children in care we can act on addressing them. I'd like to ask the Minister: what information, such as household income, does Health and Social Services collect on the families of children in care?

Marci cho, Mr. Speaker. It is my belief that a family's household income directly affects many cases beyond that 8 per cent.

Mr. Speaker, it is violence, too: violence that is not within the family or within the home, but instead, violence that is done to Northerners, when their government isn't prepared to step to the plate and make it a top priority to alleviate brutal poverty.

I will have questions on the impact of household income on families engaged with child and family services at the appropriate time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, committee wishes to continue considering Tabled Document 261-18(2), Northwest Territories Main Estimates, 2017-2018 with the Speaker for the Legislative Assembly. Also, Mr. Chairman, the committee wishes to return to all of the departments that were deferred during our main estimates review. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a question, maybe only one question, for the Minister of Health and Social Services in line with what we are talking about in homecare. I would like to ask the Minister if the Minister knows how many people receive a seniors' fuel subsidy across the Northwest Territories? Thank you.

Is the Minister of the Housing Corporation able to advise the House if there have been any standards developed for the renovation of the units where we hope the elders would age in place?

Marci Cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have a couple of questions today for the Minister of NWT Housing Corporation pertaining to the aging-in-place initiative that is in our mandate. I would like to ask the Minister if there has been any form of evaluation to determine what the cost savings of aging-in-place would be for the GNWT. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Chair rise and report progress.

The Minister talks about baseline data. I think that the Department of Education, Culture and Employment has done a lot of baseline data in order to determine who is eligible for senior's fuel. Those are homeowners who are seniors who are under a certain income. I think that would be a quick way to determine the baseline. I would like to ask the Minister if the Minister is prepared to work with the Minister of Education to get that information as a start to developing a baseline of the communities?