Thank you, Madam Speaker. In no way does having one door break any fire codes or building codes. I realized the concern so I requested, from the Housing Corporation, estimates on approximately what it would cost to add a door to all the existing units that only have one door. From my information, the maximum distance a person would be away from that door, in any given room, is 15 feet. To add another door to all units would cost us approximately $3.5 million throughout the Northwest Territories. Those are dollars we don't have.
I've instructed the Housing Corporation to come back to me with an estimate of adding an escape route for elders' and elders units only. Thank you.