Robert Hawkins

That’s fine. As far as page 5-39 under DIAND, we have two commitments for Sahtu and the Gwich’in and their land claim issues for $4,000 each, total $8,000. Could the Minister explain our role in those two?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today my Member’s statement will be used to acknowledge the Children’s Wish Foundation and the great job they are doing to fulfil dreams of children throughout our North.

Mr. Speaker, this organization provides children with the chance to experience something special in their lives while they are bravely dealing with serious illnesses and life-threatening diseases. Mr. Speaker, this organization has been fulfilling dreams for young Canadians since 1983 and directly for young northerners since 1987.

The Alberta/NWT chapter of this organization has an office here in...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate the fact that, I assume, when we resupply, we adjust our rates. If that’s what happens, that’s probably the most reasonable way. I could have taken once every blue moon from the Minister and we could go to our calendar and figure that out. That’s a tangible number, but regular basis was not. I am fine for now.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Recognizing that the Minister did commit to getting some information to me and maybe at that time I could further follow up on some of these questions, but I will leave him with one more question maybe he can answer at this time. How often do we…Let me just back the truck up for a second. I will say that I think it is our role to help stabilize these fuel prices. I think that is definitely what government is here for. I certainly do recognize that the cost of fuel to get into Wekweti would certainly be a lot different than maybe in Nahanni Butte. So that being...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am trying to avoid names of places, but it may make it simpler. Mr. Speaker, you rent out of one of Urbco’s Garden Apartments right now in the public market and you are being kicked out of that. Maybe in the past, maybe you were from Fort McPherson, for example, just to pick a place, and you were in social housing. You had arrears but you moved to the city and you got an apartment in Urbco, like I said. But Urbco has now kicked you out, like I said, and you can’t go to social housing and you can’t qualify. Would the Minister look into making this...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister was absolutely right on his answer, but that was not the answer to the question I was asking. I am saying that you are in market housing, you are renting from the private industry and you are being kicked out because you can’t afford to live there anymore and you are not paying your costs. So you are in private housing, not public housing, not social housing owned by the authorities. I am talking about private housing, you are being kicked out. In the past, you owed arrears to the Housing Corporation. This is what I am talking about; you...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s not a question of not being fair. No one is suggesting that anyone needs to jump ahead of the queue. There is a priority system that they go forward with. We can’t even get them on the list to get them in the priority system. So, Mr. Speaker, that’s the question I need the Minister to answer. Will he look at the system to make sure we can get them on that list? If they are in desperate need, they need to be on that list. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, I do. Is the Minister willing to talk about this to make sure that this policy is consistent, fair and doesn’t discriminate against people?

That being said, would the Minister investigate a policy where we do not discriminate against people? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, earlier in the week, I brought forward a concern about the arrears process with the Housing Corporation and the fact that there isn’t consistency in the policy. The Minister clearly stated that if you were in public housing and you had arrears, they would make a plan so that you could pay back those arrears, so you wouldn’t be kicked out. I was trying to put the spotlight on the issue that if you had arrears and you aren’t in social housing but you qualify for social housing…If you qualify for social housing and you can only pay market rate, it’s going to...