Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We have 804 people on the waiting list in the Northwest Territories. In the Member’s riding alone, I think there are about 39 on the waiting list. In many cases, people have to be on the waiting list to access some of the support programs. So they may be housed, but they have to be on the waiting list to access some of those programs. That’s the reason some of the numbers are so high.
At far as the length of time, I’d have to find out about the length of time. We try to get as many people into units as quickly as possible.
As to what we’re doing to address the issue, again, we’re challenged with the declining CMHC funding. That’s why we do a lot of replacement units. In the Member’s riding alone, in 2014-15 I think we spent about $12.5 million trying to address some of the housing concerns. Well done, Mr. Blake.
We’ll continue to make our investments in the communities they are needed in. Thank you.