Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is directed to the Minister of Housing. Mr. Speaker, since the NWT Housing Corporation Board of Directors consists of 12 members that are to be from all parts of the Territories, to provide advice to the Housing Corporation in developing policies and dealing with issues relating to housing; and since the Strength at Two Levels report indicates that the administrative cost for this corporation to operate is $100,000, and the Minister indicated to this House that the indirect cost could be $300,000 and the direct cost is $300,000, somewhat stating that it can cost up to $600,000 to operate the Housing Corporation Board of Directors, I would like to ask the Minister if it is possible that his department could have erred in their calculations on advising him as to how much the actual board costs.
Question O40-12(2): Actual Cost For NWT Housing Corporation Board Of Directors
In the Legislative Assembly on February 14th, 1992. See this topic in context.
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Member for Thebacha. Member for Tu Nedhe.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to assure the Member that the department did not make an error. They have had plenty of time to work on this issue, because I requested these costs quite some time ago. It is just a matter of pulling them out of a book. It does cost $775,000 for GST; that is what we are paying; that is the cost. And that is because we are a Northwest Territories Housing Corporation and we are not tied in with government. If we were tied in through the government, we would save that money; we would not be paying that. There is a $300,000 direct cost for meetings. They have four board meetings a year, and that is what it costs this government. There is $300,000 in direct cost, approximately, give or take a few thousand on that last cost. Thank you.
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Member for Tu Nedhe. Supplementary, Member for Thebacha.
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
Mr. Speaker, since the Strength at Two Levels report indicates to us that the cost is $100,000, and the Minister just stated that the cost is about $600,000 to operate the Housing Corporation Board of Directors, there is a discrepancy of $500,000, which is of a concern to me. Therefore, will the Minister provide and clarify to this House the difference, in writing, to provide to this House a list of the costs and why it costs $600,000? Thank you.
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Member for Thebacha. Member for Tu Nedhe.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will prepare that list for this House and I will include all of the costs. The total cost is $1.375 million, so I will prepare a list for all of that cost. Thank you.
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Member for Tu Nedhe. That last supplementary has been taken as notice. Member for Thebacha, supplementary.
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Jeannie Marie-Jewell Thebacha
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. In addition, the Minister indicated that the GST cost $775,000, I believe that was his figure. Does he mean that this GST of $775,000 is the total of the Housing Corporation's cost, or is it the cost to operate the Housing Corporation through their Board of Directors? Thank you.
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you, Member for Thebacha. Member for Tu Nedhe.
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Don Morin Tu Nedhe
Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The Housing Corporation is not a department of this government. If we change it to a department of this government, then we would save four per cent on the goods and services tax. This is the non-recoverable GST that we do pay, and it represents approximately $775,000. Thank you.
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The Deputy Speaker Ludy Pudluk
Thank you. Item 5, oral questions. Oral questions. Before we go into item 6, written questions, I would like to thank Members for being patient during question period, even when question period was extended. Thank you.
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Item 6, written questions. Member for Baffin Central.