Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, whether or not it's legal notice -- and I suspect it's not -- the whole government staff housing policy has been to encourage employees to get out of staff housing, to encourage them to buy or build their own homes. I think the Minister knows that in Iqaluit there is only a fledgling private market. There are not a lot of houses for sale in the market, the process for obtaining a lot by ballot draw and the process for ordering sealift materials and arranging financing takes a long time. I would like to ask the Minister, since the government's policy is to encourage people to get out of staff housing and buy or build their own homes, wouldn't it have been a much more constructive approach to give employees in these detached units, whose leases were being terminated, a lot more notice so that they would have time to plan to buy or build their own homes, rather than being sent scrambling in the middle of winter trying to find alternative locations in a few weeks. Thank you.
Dennis Patterson on Question 456-12(7): Notice Of Lease Termination For GNWT Staff Housing
In the Legislative Assembly on April 11th, 1995. See this statement in context.
Supplementary To Question 456-12(7): Notice Of Lease Termination For GNWT Staff Housing
Question 456-12(7): Notice Of Lease Termination For GNWT Staff Housing
Item 6: Oral Questions
April 10th, 1995
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Dennis Patterson Iqaluit
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