Wendy Bisaro

Since we’ve had a bit of a windfall, so to speak, of federal money, I would suggest strongly to the Minister that he consider doing that. We probably would do that on this side of the House, speaking only for myself, of course.

Thank you. I give up. Thank you very much.

Thank you. I’ll try my other one, then. I could challenge it, but I won’t. My other question has to do with the intensive rehabilitative custodies program. It was raised earlier by I think Mr. Bromley and Mr. Abernethy. There was an indication that we received money from the federal government for this particular program. I look at the revenue summary on page 7-10, and I see $150,000 in 2007–2008, but I don’t see any money in 2008–2009 for intensive rehabilitative custody. So if I could get an explanation of how the funding from the federal government is being managed, when was it received...

Understood. Can you tell me where the revenue is shown, please?

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I have a question which might clarify the difficulty we’re having with the dollar amount. When the department numbers were discussed at the Social Programs Committee, we were given information that indicated that a nurse position at SMCC for a value of $22,000 was going to be reduced. If, as the Minister has advised, that position is not being reduced, could the department advise what that $22,000 reduction is related to? That might help us out here.

The last item on this particular page talks about funds we expend on behalf of Nunavut. In the Revenue Summary there’s an item, Exchange of Services, for $2.686 million. This particular item in terms of expenses is $3.210 million. I wonder if I could get an explanation as to whether or not we are not receiving as much revenue as we spend, and if not, why not?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a question for the Minister Responsible for the Housing Corporation.

Why is the lodge not currently operational?

Can it be refurbished to be operational?

What costs are incurred annually by the GNWT for the upkeep and operation of the building?

What are the total annual costs for this building?

Since the closure of the facility in 2003 and up to today’s date, what is the total dollar amount spent by the GNWT for this facility?

What are the future plans for this facility?

Sorry, Mr. Chair. I thought we were going to 7-42. I have a question relative to numbers on page 7-42.

I don’t know if that’s worse for Mr. Bromley or worse for me.

Laughter.

Mr. Speaker, I’d like to discuss the availability of housing policies at both the community and the territorial level. Like most MLAs, the interactions I have with constituents very often centre on housing issues. By the time the constituent gets to their MLA, it’s usually difficulties they’ve encountered with their housing, not happy occurrences, they want to discuss. We’ve heard references previously from members of the Auditor General’s office that applications for housing from NWT residents are not always fairly dealt with by local housing authorities. In these situations, when faced with...