Thank you, Mr. Chair. We’ve heard the concern about the waiting list in Yellowknife. I know some of the communities have waiting lists, not quite as large as here. We are planning on doing some work. After we had our briefing the other day, we went back and I was thinking about some of the people who were on a waiting list and I do know that if the requirement, I believe, for some of them that are accessing income support or having income support pay their rent in place they are living now, I think the requirement is to be on the waiting list of the local LHO. So we were planning on doing – and I talked to a couple of Members – some work there to see on the waiting list how many of them are actually in a unit or on the waiting list because they need to be on the waiting list to qualify for some of the programs. So we are going to undertake that work. I’ve seen a couple of the waiting lists. I’ve seen a waiting list of a place that I know quite well, and a lot of people that were on the list are living in units but ECE is paying their rent, and part of the requirement is you have to be on the waiting list with the LHO. So we are going to undertake some work and find out how much overlap there is, and I believe we could come down by probably 30 or 40 percent. Thank you.
Robert C. McLeod on Committee Motion 5-17(4): Deferral Of Department Summary For The Department Of Industry, Tourism And Investment, Carried
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Committee Motion 5-17(4): Deferral Of Department Summary For The Department Of Industry, Tourism And Investment, Carried
Consideration in Committee of the Whole of Bills and Other Matters
February 19th, 2013
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