Mr. Speaker, this issue is not new to this House; I have brought it up several times. This issue has been out there. Those units that are in our communities are old government staff housing units. They’re almost 40 years old. The government sold those units, and the companies that did take them on continue to retain them as staff housing. As we all know, the costs of operating and maintaining old facilities continue to escalate, and the costs of heating and providing power to these units is not being recouped.

I’d like to ask the Minister: has he looked at working with the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation

with regard to the Corporate Loan Guarantee Program to assist real estate or other companies to provide housing and be able to access this program? That could improve the cost of operations for those units so they can reduce costs and hopefully find a solution that’s agreeable to both groups — our teachers and the people providing these houses.