Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask some further questions to the Minister of Personnel regarding the matter of staff housing shortages in remote communities such as Coral Harbour. Mr. Speaker, I understand that the government's new staff housing policy will encourage employees in communities such as Coral Harbour to purchase their staff housing units. Mr. Speaker, given that there is, and he has just acknowledged it, a historical shortage of staff housing units in those remote communities, and given that employees who buy these rare staff houses might retire from employment or might sell the house to the private sector, how is the government going to preserve the short supply of staff housing already in place if they are allowing those houses to come out of the pool of scarce houses now available, by allowing employees to buy them and then retire or sell them to the private sector? How is that going to improve the staff housing shortage which my colleagues have just described with their questions? Thank you.
Dennis Patterson on Question 414-12(3): Staff Housing Shortage In Remote Communities
In the Legislative Assembly on March 4th, 1993. See this statement in context.
Question 414-12(3): Staff Housing Shortage In Remote Communities
Item 5: Oral Questions
March 3rd, 1993
Page 728
Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
See context to find out what was said next.