Thank you, Mr.
Chair. The
homelessness program is a relatively new program to the Northwest Territories, and there are non-government organizations that have done very good work in this over the years.
It’s a matter of developing capacity. Our experience over the last year has been that the program is undersubscribed. We have done our best to reach out to communities to seek proposals for what will work in communities outside of Yellowknife, and established a process for people within Yellowknife to make applications for certain aspects of that program. So it’s a matter of capacity building, in order to be sure those funds are going to be fully utilized.