Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there was some concern in my riding that indeed, the government was looking at privatizing the property management of staff housing. One of the concerns brought forward was from the local housing association that they might have a loss of revenue because of the privatization. Has the Minister looked at that area of the privatization? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Todd.

It is important to point out there are 13 communities in Baffin Island, with 13 housing associations. The privatization of property management would be a regional privatization thrust. In Iqaluit, I think my honourable colleague is saying that the local housing association does it there. I would suspect if we went to a regional privatization initiative and the local housing association was not the successful bidder, there would be a loss of revenue for them. We have not reached that stage right now and I will check with Mr. Voytilla and advise the Member, either through this House or on a personal basis, of what the status is. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Krutko.

The Minister of Health and Social Services, Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I do not have that information available with me. I would be willing to have it ready as soon as possible or if our budget comes up for review, later today. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Mr. Ng.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, again, I do not have that information. I will commit to having it available as soon as our budget is up. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. Barnabas.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is directed to the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs. Mr. Speaker, I understand the Minister of MACA was attending the meeting about the Keewatin pilot project. Could the Minister update this House on the outcome of that meeting? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

The Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs, Ms. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was fortunate to have a meeting with the leadership in Keewatin for an hour before I went to Iqaluit with the Manitoba delegation on the way to Iqaluit and also coming back for the afternoon on the last day. The meetings went really well and the leadership have taken the presentation that we presented to them. They will be going to their communities and presenting the presentation to all their communities and whoever might be interested in the project. That was the next step for the communities to talk about in more detail. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr.

Barnabas.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I understand the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs is also planning to have another pilot project for the Baffin. Are there any concerns that were raised from the communities of Baffin about how this Keewatin pilot project is doing? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Ms. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is news to me. I had never said that I am doing a pilot project for the Baffin region or any other region, except for the Inuvik Beaufort Delta that have also investigated this pilot. What we have said was that if this Keewatin pilot project goes ahead or if the leadership wanted it to go that way, then the other regions might take advantage of it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you. Oral questions. Supplementary, Mr. Barnabas.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when we were discussing this Keewatin pilot project in our meetings, I understand the Minister said that there might be a pilot project similar to the one in the Keewatin. Are there any plans for the Baffin communities to go through this kind of pilot project? Thank you.

Ms. Thompson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last August, when I was in Rankin for the leadership meeting, we did a presentation to the Baffin leadership to tell them this is what we are doing in the Keewatin region. There are no plans to do a pilot project in the Baffin region. Thank you.

Thank you. Oral questions. Mr. O'Brien.