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Does the committee agree that consideration of Committee Report 3-16(3) is concluded?

Thank you, committee. Committee Report 3-16(3) is concluded.

As recommended, we’re going to be moving on to Tabled Document 11-16(3), to continue our debate on the Housing Corp. Is committee agreed?

Minister McLeod, do you have witnesses?

Can I please get the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Mr. Minister, can you introduce your witness, please?

Mr. Chairman, I have Jeff Anderson and Revi Lau-a with me.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Yesterday when we finished off we were on page 5-43, information item, corporate summary, operations expenditure item. Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Actually, I’m just looking for clarification from the Minister. I didn’t understand his answer. I was asking about where we’re at with core needs, at meeting core needs and I think the Minister mentioned 36 percent in one area and 70-some percent in another area. I was asking about Ndilo and Dettah and the NWT as a whole. I’m not totally sure what those percentages refer to. Perhaps I could just get a clarification or a little bit of interpretation of what that actually means. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. Minister McLeod.

Mr. Chairman, the core need assessment looks at the adequacy, suitability and affordability issues in the communities. The community of Dettah, I mentioned yesterday was over 30 percent. It’s actually at 42 percent. The last survey was done in 2004 and we have another one going on right now. We anticipate to have all the results compiled for public review by the early summer.

Again, just so I really understand this concept, is that a rating on one measure for the three combined aspects of equitability, no, sorry, equity, suitability, and affordability? Is it a measure of that and is 42 percent...Are we looking to get to 100 percent or to zero?

Mr. Chairman, it would be really nice to get to zero, but I don’t think that would ever happen. The national average is actually 12 percent and that’s the goal that we are striving towards. We have 2,200 families right now in core need across the Territories. That’s the rating we use. We look at and analyze people in the communities in terms of the different measurements for suitability, overcrowding, things of that nature.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. We’re on page 5-43, information item, corporate summary, operations expenditure summary.

Moving along to page 5-44, information item, active positions by region.

Moving along to page 5-47, also an information item, executive, operations expenditure summary.

Moving along to page 5-49, information item, finance and infrastructure services, operations expenditure summary.

Page 5-50. Mr. Bromley.

I’ll hold off for now.