Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to leave fuel alone for a few minutes. The Minister introduced Plan 2000 some months ago, and Mr. Picco asked some questions about it. In the Minister's comments I noticed twice that he used the words "crisis" in the current housing situation in the Northwest Territories. The Minister had answered a question and I did not quite understand whether he said there were 600 new homes added this year in response to Mr. Picco, or 600 families were housed. When I look at the population statistics and the census results for 1996, I noticed that the number of occupants per home in Canada is 2.65 and in the Northwest Territories it is 3.39. If I break those down further into Nunavut and the west, Nunavut has 3.39 persons per dwelling and the west had 3.12. Is this a poor choice of words on the Minister's part "crisis" or is there something that we are not getting from these numbers? Thank you.
Seamus Henry on Committee Motion 2-13(5): To Amend Committee Motion 1-13(5)
In the Legislative Assembly on October 23rd, 1997. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 2-13(5): To Amend Committee Motion 1-13(5)
Item 19: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
October 23rd, 1997
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Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
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