Robert Hawkins

Thank you. How long has it been on the operational side of the ledger? In other words, sitting there empty.

It doesn’t matter to me. I just want the answer.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too wish to recognize Cathie Bolstad with NWT Tourism. As well, I’d like to recognize a constituent of Yellowknife Centre which is Ron Ostrom. Many people will also recognize him from the many walks and journeys he has made around Frame Lake. He really did a great job promoting exercise and active living.

I’m not going to need 10 minutes. I just want to make a point, which is $25,000 a door could be $200,000. I would just see the government sell the unit and then pay for its full repairs and then rent it back in some form or fashion. Anyway, I just wanted to make sure I said that, eight doors times $25,000, $200,000. Who knows what they are going to sell it for or buy it back or pay? I would just hate to see that situation. I would rather just pay to fix the darn thing, house the families and make sure they are up on their own and find a way to pay for it. Come to the Legislature. I would...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Over the Christmas season I was helping a constituent with their Energy Efficiency Incentive Program and they were filling out the paperwork and asked me for some advice. I started to look at the Energy Efficiency Incentive Program that was created years ago and, of course, some great work had been done. Included are things such as rebates on washers, refrigerators, freezer chests, wood stoves, lightbulbs, and the list goes on. But what I happened to quickly notice was there was a glaring gap between the fact that there wasn’t any efficiency program design around...

Thank you. Apparently there’s been a housing agreement with the Northwest Territories and the Government of Canada. I wonder if the Minister could provide some detail on that, not just program detail but where we would see some of that initiative and detail roll out on the ground and where we will see that support. I think there’s a four-year program of money. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Stewart. With that said, do we have any particular market rental units in existence in any of the communities that aren’t being utilized at this particular time? If so, can I get a list of that as well as what the market rents would be charged? I assume a monthly basis for those particular units.

Mr. Chairman, I will be pleased to accept that. The Minister has already mentioned 36 market rental units and he said that’s adding to the 100 market rentals in the smaller communities, which is good. I assume with the 36, would the Minister be able to provide the detail as to where those 100 market rentals are in the smaller communities? Thank you.

When the Minister says 40 replacements, we’re doing one for one. When he says the Housing Corp is doing 36 market, is that new, new, in the sense of new in a net context? If he could provide that detail.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s certainly well within the authority and the powers that the Minister can direct the department to start evaluating this rather than maybe pushing it off to a new Assembly and to sometimes get the decision by committee by saying, well, we’ll wait for committee to provide direction could take quite a bit of time. In short, the Minister is well within his ability to say this is something we could review and perhaps provide some input back to committee, and that’s what I’m looking for.

Northerners need an opportunity to help heat their houses more efficiently. This can...