Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m going to be speaking in favour of the motion as well.
If you look at the money and the amount of housing units that the Government of the Northwest Territories has put on the ground in our communities over the last five years, you would expect that there would be a decrease in the core need in our communities. There isn’t. Also, I’ve travelled to a number of small communities and the number one issue facing residents in the small communities is housing.
I want to support my colleagues on putting this motion forward. I believe that people should be given an opportunity to take advantage of opportunities for employment when they come up. We shouldn’t expect people to just stay home and not go to work just because they’re worried about paying exorbitant rent when they do go to work.
I do support the motion and I support every effort that this government can make to make housing more affordable for folks around the Territory.