Kate Reid

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So as I was saying earlier in my Member's statement to the Premier today, it did take me a while to understand the differences between the portfolios been EIA and housing and just clarifying who is in charge of what when it comes to transitional and supportive housing versus where Housing NWT is public housing and homeownership programs that -- and the like.

Can the Minister please clarify how she sees the relationship between EIA and Housing NWT working in lockstep to create more options for transitional and supportive housing or if, indeed, Housing NWT is involved. Thank...

That's great. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Sorry, Mr. Chair. Thank you, Mr. Chair. I apologize; I lost my hearing piece there. It's hard to hear otherwise. So did you say page 389, please, Mr. Chair?

Thank you, Madam -- or oh, my gosh, I'm used to a different Member. Mr. Chair. My apologies.

Can the Minister please explain the difference -- how they go about estimating revenue from the lottery revenue on page 375? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm the daughter of a journeyman electrician, so I know that existing multi-dwelling housing stock in the territory is not always up to snuff or code and can require major upgrades or overhauls. So can the Premier tell me whether in conversations with -- led by EIA with those partners that he just spoke of around existing housing stock, are renovations proving to be cost prohibitive to proceed with more renovation-based housing projects like Aspen Apartment or Nordic Arms? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So, Mr. Chair, as I've spoken about in this sitting, there are a lot of folks in the territory who are struggling with extremely high property insurance renewals and, unfortunately, my inquiries to the Department of Finance and the Minister of Finance have not proved very fruitful in that regard. We don't really have a lot of legislative levers under the Insurance Act. However, we do have, in this section, consumer affairs and MACA has this really fun brochure that says, hey, that's not fair - a Guide to Consumer Protection in the NWT. And I was reading through it...

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will be supporting this motion today. I don't think anybody in this House could say that the Member for the Sahtu is nothing but not determined, is not speaking and advocating for his region extremely well over these last 15 months we've been together. And fundamentally, Mr. Speaker, a part of why I voted on the capital budget was to support the access that he is -- to projects that he's been talking about on the winter road these last few weeks. So all that said, Mr. Speaker, it's fantastic that he's trying to seek every avenue for his people, to make...

I just thought it might have some interplay with MACA due to your assessments. But what input will you be providing? Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks. Well, I'm hoping that's hinting at more collaboration, more ability to be locally appropriate for Housing NWT and the LHOs. But I -- again, I don't want to preclude those conversations; I just want to sort of understand the vision. So unless the Minister has anything further to add, I'll leave it there. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. So on page 388 of the business plan and at the end, the legislative initiatives, it speaks to revision of the Housing Northwest Territories Act, and substantive amendments are anticipated. But in the business plan, it speaks to the fact that there would be information gathered on potential areas for change to this Act at the housing symposium, and I'm wondering if the Minister can elaborate on how those discussions went and what particular changes are being identified. Thank you.