Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would propose that the Cabinet would consider the review of all of this legislation, and I would propose to bring it up at the next available opportunity with Cabinet. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Your final supplementary, Mr. Braden.

Mr. Speaker, other jurisdictions have dealt with this issue, regrettably and unfortunately, through the courts. My final question would be, is the Minister aware of any court action that is now underway, or perhaps is being considered, against this government that will force us to comply with this rule? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Braden. The honourable Minister responsible for the Department of Health and Social Services, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am not aware of any formal legal action which is pending at this time with respect to the issues Mr. Braden raised today. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Minister. Item 6, oral questions. The honourable Member for Hay River North, Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in my Member's statement, I referred to a situation in Hay River with homelessness. I would like to thank the Minister of Housing, Mr. Roger Allen, for his continued support and willingness to address this issue in Hay River.

Every time we try to address the issue, there seems to be roadblocks, whether it is from Health and Social Services or Education, Culture and Employment, or local government. There seem to be roadblocks coming up where we cannot put any finality to the situation.

I would like to ask the Premier if he could tell us who is ultimately responsible for homelessness in the Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The question is directed to the honourable Premier, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I believe that the Minister for the Housing Corporation, Mr. Roger Allen, is responsible for that under social housing. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Are you instructing the Chair to recognize the honourable Minister, as is your prerogative? Then we will take that as the answer. Supplementary, Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, at the present time, these individuals are being housed in a campsite in tents. I was wondering if the Minister could inform this House if he figures this is an acceptable situation for these people? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Premier, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I thought the question was directed to the Minister and not the Premier, but in any case, I would like to refer the question to Minister Allen, since he is more informed as it is his responsibility. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. The Premier is exercising his prerogative to have the Minister responsible for Housing to respond to the question. The honourable Minister responsible for Housing, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would just like to confirm that yes, we have been responding to all communities' concerns across the Northwest Territories with respect to the homelessness issue. We have been going to the communities to discuss some of the options and some of the solutions that we see as necessary to respond accordingly.

The Member is correct. We are trying to work with the local community government to ensure that we are responding accordingly and we will continue to do so. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Allen. Supplementary, Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, these individuals were evicted from public housing and are now receiving income support in the form of $32 a month. I was just wondering, Mr. Speaker, what this $32 a month is supposed to represent, seeing as how it is such a low amount. What is this $32 a month supposed to address? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The honourable Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This is a question that is directed to me, but that is an Education, Culture and Employment issue. Income support comes under that jurisdiction. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister Allen. Your final supplementary, Mr. Delorey. The Minister did answer, in a fashion.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I guess it goes back to my original question and why I had directed it to the Premier, because therein lies the problem. Part of it is Health and Social Services; part of it is Education, Culture and Employment, part of it is Housing, and nobody seems to be able to take the ultimate responsibility for this. Thirty-two dollars a month, Mr. Speaker, is a very low amount for anybody to do anything with.

There is also the fact of the policy. When do these people become eligible for fair market value equivalent for their housing needs? I would like to ask that question next, Mr. Speaker, to whoever wants to answer it.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. The question would appear to be directed to the Minister responsible for Housing, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yes, we would take the responsibility of trying to house the homeless people. We have been doing that. It works well in some communities. It does not work so well in others. We have been working with NGOs across the Northwest Territories to ensure that they are given adequate housing and that some of their basic needs are met.

Unfortunately, we cannot respond in the context of income support, but in terms of housing, we can and we have been doing that in consultation with the Members of this House, as well as the communities who are adversely affected by the increasing number of homeless people. Thank you.