Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have questions for the Minister of Housing NWT. I want to just carry on from my colleague from Frame Lake was asking about the transitional housing facility that will be on the Folk on the Rocks site. When does the Minister anticipate that facility will be opening? Thank you.
Thank you, Member from Great Slave. Minister responsible for Housing NWT.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is something that Housing NWT and the Department of Executive and Indigenous Affairs have been working on over the last year. With the facility itself, it looks like it's a bit delayed. We are still waiting for approvals from NAV CANADA and Transport Canada due to the facility being close to the airport. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, can the Minister speak to how long this process with those agencies has been going on? It's getting cold outside. Thank you.
Mr. Speaker, absolutely. The process is getting long, and we are going to be heading into winter soon, so that's very concerning. We're hoping to have the facility opened by December. We have continuous discussions with Infrastructure, with Transport Canada, with NAV Canada. We have a builder awarded for the transitional housing facility, and the RFP did just recently close for the operations of the facility. So we're ready to go. We're just waiting on approvals. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Minister responsible for Housing. Oral questions. Member from Range Lake.
