Thanks again, Mr. Chairman. There was one question in the member's statement, and that was with regard to communicating with other departments. Yes, we have. We've been working with ECE and H&SS on a policy base, and also a directive to looking at housing to look at various aspects of whether we can work with local community developers. Again, I think we made reference to the fact that we are prepared to work with community organizations and community groups on a number of fronts to address that key question. Thank you.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you. Under operations, the operations division says they supply design and contracting. I'd like to ask the department, for the people out there who want to build their own homes, if they were interested in some of the designs that the department had would they be able to access those designs? Thank you.
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We certainly encourage design build, sub-build. I don't think we're really tied directly into trying to negate that self-initiative. I'll ask Mr. Beaulieu to respond more from a technical side to clarify my statement. Thank you.
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Beaulieu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Yes, the Housing Corporation can make designs available to individuals who wish to build that design. We also make the material package available.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'd just like to go back to page 8-28.
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The Chair David Krutko
The Member is asking to go back to pages 8-28 and 8-29. Does the committee agree?
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Some Hon. Members
Agreed.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chair. This is an area where the district office works delivering programs and services. I know sometimes we have other departments that deal with departments and things like that. I would like to ask them if they have the technical skills to do assessments on structure, multiple structures, multiple dwellings; if they have the technical people there who could help other departments, like DPW does? Thank you.
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Roger Allen Inuvik Twin Lakes
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Recognizing that's a staffing issue, I'd ask the president of the corporation to respond to that directly. Thank you.
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Beaulieu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Depending on the size of the building, the Housing Corporation does have some expertise in assessing buildings. Depending on the size of the building, we have three individuals who do design, we have three individuals who are at headquarters positions that help with the projects, and we have project advisors in the field. Usually when there is a larger building, I think that the corporation would look to a private engineering company to do the design and also specifically because of the complexity of the foundation on larger structures.
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Leon Lafferty North Slave
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I know we use DPW to do a lot of our assessments, they have some technical people. I'm just wondering, because DPW charges so much money to other departments, I thought maybe the Housing Corporation would, at no cost, do our assessments on multiple dwellings like six-plexes or even 12-plexes if they have the technical skills to do that. Thank you.
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Beaulieu
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I believe we have the technical skills to be able to assess units that are four-plexes, six-plexes and so on. I'm not familiar with the chargeback from another department or what position we'd be in to work for a local organization.