Thank you, Mr. Chair. So what I'm understanding now is there are two kinds of initiatives here. One is to have the communities to develop their own plan, and I'm not sure how, then, that plan is going to be funded. Then there's another one where the three territories are putting their needs together for federal engagement based on the 2014 assessment. So I think my question is: how will the individual community plans be funded? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. The community survey, the community needs, will be funded as they are currently, by the funding provided by the federal government and provided by the GNWT. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I'm wondering if the Minister can tell us or commit to telling us how many empty but viable units there are in each community. Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. First of all, I want to start off with that comment. Because a lot of people, a lot of people actually, believe that every empty, boarded-up home within the communities actually belongs to the NWT Housing Corporation, and that is a fallacy. In fact, there are a lot that are actually market houses people have had and they've left for other houses. People have left.

We do have a listing of every community of all of the empty units that are boarded up that belong to the NWT Housing Corporation, and we can provide that to the committee, as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There was also some discussion, and this sort of folds into the motion that we passed today during the business plan process, of creating a plan that quantifies the costs of bringing all the housing up to date. Is there work going to be completed in this year that brings that about? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. There is work that will be done to address the core need within the communities as outlined within our budget. In all honesty, we'd need about $30 million to address our own stock at this point, within this fiscal year. Currently, we don't have $30 million to provide for that. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Could the Minister please expand on that idea, $30 million to bring the housing stock up to date? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

That assessment is made on if we were to renovate and to bring all of our stock up to a 50-year life span. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. That's over what period of time?

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Year-20 and year-35 houses need to be renovated to bring them back up. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Ms. Green.

Thank you. I'll make this my last question. I understand from the Minister that it would cost $30 million a year to bring the housing stock up to date. For how many years would the corporation have to spend $30 million to accomplish that goal? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Green. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's a 20-year needs assessment, so we would need $30 million every year for 20 years. Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Are there further comments or questions on this page? Mr. O'Reilly.