Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are directed to the Minister responsible for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation in regard to individuals who applied under the HELP program for homeownership in regard to the Homeownership Entry Level Program.

Mr. Speaker, I have constituents in my riding who have been approved for the program. They have been in their units, they have been paying monthly in regard to their payment responsibility, and also taking responsibility for the utility costs and the operational costs of the units. But yet, Mr. Speaker, now they’re being told, sorry, you have to vacate the premises, because apparently there’s a fine line there that says you have to be fully employed in order to be able to occupy one of these units.

Mr. Speaker, realistically, in the Northwest Territories, in the riding I come from, the majority of people that are the working poor depend on seasonal employment. In the Inuvik region, that is the reality of that region. I’d like to ask the Minister exactly why is it that these individuals, who don’t have arrears, they have been faithful in regard to making their payments, are now being told, sorry, you’re not fully employed, you must now leave the premises. I’d like to ask the Minister why is that practice being put in place, considering we have some 246 units unoccupied at this time.