Thank you, Madam Speaker. We are going to be proactive. We are proactive in selling the northern rental units. I will direct the president of the Housing Corporation to write to all 450 tenants requesting them to express their interest on the purchase of their unit. I fully realize that a portion of these tenants are elders and have lived in those units for many years and cannot afford to operate and maintain that unit. So they will stay under the public housing stock. Then the elders can enjoy living in those units at a very minimum rent. Thank you.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Koe.

Mahsi, Madam Speaker. I thank the Minister for taking the action he said he would. It is possible that some of these tenants, especially long-term tenants now have such an amount of credit built up that they have more credit than what the unit is worth. I'm wondering if the Housing Corporation has considered just turning over some of these units to the tenants. If they can afford the upkeep of them, maybe we should be looking at giving the units to individuals.

Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Like I said yesterday in defence of my budget, in some cases these units can be sold for as low as a dollar. They can't be given, but they can be sold. Thank you.

Supplementary, Mr. Koe.

Thank you. So, will the Minister be looking into an initiative...Where tenants can afford the upkeep, would he turn them over for a dollar, if their credits are such an amount that they are higher than the unit is worth?

Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I will direct the Housing Corporation president to try to sell as many of these units as possible as soon as possible and to make sure that clients get all the credits available to them. Thank you.

Thank you. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Deh Cho, Mr. Gargan.

Thank you. I don't have the allocations here with me, but I would like to ask the Minister, in his housing home ownership allocation last year there were also what are known as rent supplements. I understand there are a total of 133 units, but I don't know where the units are going to be. I would like to ask the Minister where those units were allocated.

Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. I didn't understand the question. Can I please ask the Member to repeat the question? Thank you.

Mr. Gargan.

Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Under the rent supp program allocations for 1994-95, Arctic Bay got three units; Broughton Island got three units; Cape Dorset got six units; Clyde River got four units; Hall Beach got three units; Igloolik got nine units; Iqaluit got 14 units; Lake Harbour got two units; Pangnirtung got nine units; Pond Inlet got nine units; and, Sanikiluaq got three units; for a total of 65 units for the Baffin.

In the Keewatin, Arviat got six units; Baker Lake, nine units; Chesterfield Inlet, two units; Coral Harbour, two units; Rankin Inlet, two; Repulse Bay, two; and, Whale Cove, two; for a total of 25 units.

In the Kitikmeot, Cambridge Bay got nine units; Coppermine got five units; Gjoa Haven got three units; Pelly Bay got two units; and, Spence Bay got two units; for a total of 21 units.

North Slave: Rae Edzo got two units and Yellowknife got six units; for a total of eight units.

South Slave: Fort Simpson got two units; and, Hay River got four units; for a total of six units.

Western Arctic: Fort Franklin got two units; Sachs Harbour got two units; and, Tuktoyaktuk got four units; for a total of eight. Thank you, Madam Speaker.

Thank you. Supplementary, Mr. Gargan.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I would like to ask the Minister if he could provide me with that information.

Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. Yes.

Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Kitikmeot, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Madam Speaker. My question is for the Minister of Health and Social Services. In our communities, there are some individuals who have special needs and require extended care. They are usually attended to outside of their communities or outside of the NWT if the service is not available in the communities. In some cases, the immediate family members are social assistance clients of the department.

It is my understanding that there is a compassionate travel policy in the department to allow immediate family members to reunite with patients who are down south or outside of their community. I would like to ask the Minister to explain what the policy covers: which family members, how often, what expenses and that type of thing. Thank you.

Minister of Health and Social Services, Madam Premier.