Robert Hawkins

Thank you. I do thank the Minister and certainly the corporation for supplying that information in advance of receiving it.

How long is the waiting list in that community? Once you’re on it, what is the average waiting time?

Mr. Speaker, once again I want to talk about the problems families are facing with their power bills and how they relate to the cost of living. So, what better area to focus in on today than the subject of power companies having specifically tuned to their franchise purchase agreements with the communities in the North?

Families taking care of families matters to me most, and that’s something I think most of us know every day here, is we worry about our constituents and we don’t lose sight of that. So, keeping that in mind, I’ve been looking at the franchise agreement process, and what I’m...

We would not be in a position to reallocate that allocation?

Mr. Chairman, what does “financially” mean in financial terms when the Minister uses the word “considerable”? I’m trying to put a dollar amount to it.

As far as housing investment, what type of money is the Housing Corporation investing into the Territories here, working with private vendors to develop housing initiatives or options for people in the range of $100,000 to $250,000? What I’m really getting at is entry level housing for people to be able to afford to buy, getting out of the apartment building style of living where families want to get out. In this type of ballpark, usually it’s treated as people’s first step into the market world. What type of initiatives is the Housing Corporation partnering in order to target first time...

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I’m wondering if the Minister can answer how many new units will the NWT Housing Corporation be putting on the ground and can he provide a list of those locations.

Would the Minister be willing to take this initiative back to the department for a review on what would it take to establish this type of program to include the energy efficiency element of doors, windows and insulation? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In my Member’s statement today, I talked about the present Energy Efficiency Incentive Program and it doesn’t have a rebate option for insulation, doors or windows, and many of these products can be made here in the North and certainly those types of things make a big difference in heating your home through the efficiencies that they bring.

Mr. Speaker, my questions are directed to the Minister of Environment and Natural Resources about looking at expanding the program to include things such as windows, exterior insulation and certainly doors. Would he be willing to do...

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.