Thank you, Madam Chairperson. I believe that this is possibly a good program but one thing we have to realize is that we do not have a real estate market in a lot of our northern isolated communities. I think that because of that we are not getting the maximum benefit to all residents of the Northwest Territories. It serves the majority of the people in the larger regional centres and the larger centres like Yellowknife. I think because of not having a real estate market in a lot of our smaller communities that a lot of people are not able to access this program. I think one thing we have to realize is there is still a shortage of a lot of housing in a lot of our smaller communities and that we have to find ways to assist those smaller communities so that there is some program there that sort of suits those communities. I would like to ask the Minister, what is he doing to ensure that for those communities who did not take advantage of this program that there is also going to be something there in the future to assist them where there may not be a real estate market for them to be able to access this program?
David Krutko on Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
In the Legislative Assembly on April 26th, 1999. See this statement in context.
Committee Motion 8-13(7): Housing Funding Targeted For Aboriginal Housing (nwthc)
Item 20: Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
April 25th, 1999
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