Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mrs. Marie-Jewell asked a question on March 7, 1995 as to why the Housing Corporation is being exempt from the normal three-month notice law that was passed in the Legislative Assembly under the Residential Tenancies Act.

Under section 47(6) of the Residential Tenancies Act, the normal three months' notice of a rent increase does not apply to subsidized public housing. Subsidized public housing is defined in section one of the Residential Tenancies Act.

"...rental premises rented to an individual or family of low or modest income at a reduced rent determined by the income of the tenant and funded by the Government of Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories or a municipality or an agency of the Government of Canada, the Government of the Northwest Territories or a municipality pursuant to the National Housing Act (Canada) or the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation Act;"

The Housing Corporation is an agency of the Government of the Northwest Territories pursuant to section 1 of the Financial Administration Act.

Consequently, the three-month notice law does not apply to subsidized public housing rented by the Housing Corporation. Thank you.