Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for Housing, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As I indicated earlier in my responses, we constantly monitor the housing needs. Perhaps the undertaking here is that we are trying to target those who are in greatest need. As I said earlier in the session, that if a community is in greater demand than another within the region, we take the money from that community that has a surplus and reprofile it to the community that is in greater need. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, getting back to my original point. It is the Housing Corporation Needs Survey which was done in the year 2000 that identified 62 percent of households as being in core need in the community of Tsiigehtchic. For me, that means something has to be done.

Again, I would like to ask the Minister regarding this needs study, what are you doing and what has been implemented to ensure you have dealt with that problem?

Thank you, Mr. Krutko. The honourable Minister responsible for Housing, Mr. Allen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The needs study was done to determine the feasibility, the adequacy and the affordability of the households. There are two other contributing factors, Mr. Speaker, that have to be taken into consideration. One is the core need income threshold and the other is housing core need. We are constantly monitoring each community. The ideas for the Housing Corporation to take a look at this very closely and work in a model where those communities can really meet the demands of those clients. If we are talking about suitability, then we have to assess whether the house is overcrowded, or one family may be over-housed, or a municipality under-housed.

You look at those factors and you can monitor that very closely, in terms of the set policy. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Final supplementary, Mr. Krutko.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, what I see happening here is the government seems to have a policy that if you live in small communities, you will be penalized. You are better off to remove yourself from those communities and go to the regional centres where they have more adequate housing. That is basically the way they are dealing with the problem.

I would like to ask the Minister, what are you doing to ensure that the people who do want to live and stay in the small communities have the knowledge that there is going to be adequate housing? You will not have a problem with over-housing. What is the government doing to ensure we protect the uniqueness of the small communities, so that people who go back to their homes know there will be houses available, that you do not have to leave your communities to find housing elsewhere?

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have introduced, under our home ownership programs, a few new initiatives that would help curtail the high demand for housing. We have also been entertaining the idea of trying to leverage more private financing, either through the local land corporations or local land claimant groups, to see if we could put more affordable and suitable housing into those communities.

We are also looking at a number of new initiatives that we want to introduce to the Members of this Assembly. Unfortunately, it is taking longer than anticipated, so we will be responding back to the House as soon as we can. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. The time for question period is over. Item 7, written questions. Item 8, returns to written questions. Item 9, replies to opening address. Item 10, petitions. Item 11, reports of standing and special committees. Item 12, reports of committees on the review of bills. Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Minister responsible for Finance, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have three documents to table today. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Canada's Northwest Territories Government Aurora Fund (1996) Financial Statements for the Year Ended June 30, 2001.

Second, Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Canada's Northwest Territories Government Aurora Fund II, Financial Statements for the Year Ended June 30, 2001.

Third, Mr. Speaker, I wish to table the following document entitled Minister of Transportation's Report to the Legislative Assembly for 2001, Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act (1990). Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Premier, Mr. Kakfwi.

Thank you, Mr. Premier. Item 13, tabling of documents. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table a judgment from the Supreme Court Appeals Division of the Province of Prince Edward Island. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Item 13, tabling of documents. Item 14, notices of motion. Item 15, notices of motion for first reading of bills. Item 16, motions. Item 17, first reading of bills. Item 18, second reading of bills. The honourable Minister responsible for Finance, Mr. Handley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker,

I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Thebacha, that Bill 11, An Act to Amend the Liquor Act, be read for the second time.

Mr. Speaker, this bill will allow raffle tickets to be sold or drawn on licensed premises. It will also allow raffle tickets to be sold or drawn and Nevada tickets to be sold on licensed premises if the licence holder has a lottery license to do so. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. We have a motion on the floor. The motion is in order. To the principle of the bill. Question has been called. All those in favour? Thank you. All those opposed? The motion is carried. Bill 11 has had second reading. Accordingly, the bill stands referred to a committee. Item 18, second reading of bills. Item 19, consideration in committee of the whole of bills and other matters; Bill 2, Bill 4, Bill 9, Committee Report 1-14(5), Committee Report 2-14(5), Committee Report 3-14(5), with Mr. Delorey in the chair.

I would like to call committee of the whole to order. We have a number of items to go over. What is the wish of the committee? Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I would like to recommend we resume consideration of Bill 9, Supplementary Appropriation, and then after that, move into consideration of Bill 2 and Committee Report 3-14(5), to consider the budget of the Department of Education, Culture and Employment.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. Does the committee agree?