Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, I will have to verify with the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation, but I believe the facility that the Member is referencing is actually an asset of the Housing Corporation, not the Department of Health and Social Services, and it's my understanding, it's certainly before my time but it's my understanding that that was an independent living unit, not a long-term care facility. Certainly not a level 3/4 long-term care facility.
My comments that I've made with respect to long-term care facilities, level 3/4, stand, but the Member is correct. I mean, we want to support individuals to stay in their homes and their communities, which recognizes that there are times when somebody may no longer have some independence; they might have some independence limitations, but they are maybe not acutely ill or limited as a level 3/4 facility requires, which is why the Housing Corporation has moved forward with so many independent living units across the Northwest Territories. Once again, I applaud them for their co-operation with the Department of Health and Social Services in making sure that there's program space and other things available in those facilities.
I'll certainly have a conversation with the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation to see what, if anything, can be done to that building to see if it can be recommissioned as an independent living unit. I've been in it with the Member, in fact, and it does have programming space and those types of things.
I'm not sure, and the Member probably knows better than I do, what the actual physical status of that building is, whether it would need significant retrofits or repairs, or whether it's something that could just be recommissioned. I'm not certain, but I'll certainly have further conversations with the Member and the Minister to see what, if any, opportunities present themselves in light of the fact that we are moving forward with a continuing care action plan to support people to stay in their homes and communities for as long as possible.