Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Strictly speaking, of course, it is a legal matter. It really falls under the jurisdiction of Justice, however, because it relates to staff housing I have been actively involved in it.
As I explained to my colleague earlier last week, there was an example of the dilemma that a number of people were in, in my home riding of Rankin Inlet where some changes had to be made to the act to allow people to purchase these row housing units and enable them to get ownership.
Some changes were made to the act, Mr. Speaker. If you remember, we did make some minor changes to bring about the sale of the row housing in Rankin Inlet because there were people who were interested in purchasing them. However, there are a number of other amendments that simply have got to be made to allow people the flexibility then to sell once they have bought. There are some difficulties there.
My understanding is, the Department of Justice is currently reviewing the Condominium Act and is looking at possible amendments we can bring forward. They are also looking at, for example, Ontario and BC's legislation. It is not the intent of this government to put blocks in the way of people wishing to purchase the units.
I believe the units my honourable colleague is talking about is the brown row housing. I believe that is what they call them in Iqaluit. We are hoping that, one, we can get the sale of these units done under the current amendments and that, two, if there are some other adjustments having to be made to improve the act and to give maximum flexibility to condominium owners. We want to try and move forward on that. That process is underway right now.