Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. I appreciate that. My last area of questions here is with regard to legislative drafting. I know the Minister and I had an exchange in the House the other day that was a little bit mischaracterized by some in the media. How many people do we actually have in the legislative division that support the development of legislation, or is this function actually in each of the departments? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister.

Thank you. Yes, the Member and I weren't at war the other day. We weren't taking shots. It was some good-natured ribbing. We were sort of trading war stories, if anything, from the last Assembly on legislation. Perhaps I can ask Ms. Bolstad for some of the particulars about how many people we actually have drafting. Thank you.

Thank you. Ms. Bolstad.

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks, Madam Chair. Look, I don't want to drag this out, but has that capacity increased or decreased? Has it changed over time? As I said, I am happy that you guys come forward and ask for more resources here so that we can get more legislation before the House and committees. Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister.

Thank you. I am not sure about the historic numbers, but I think that part of the issue is the timing of legislation. We made it through the last Assembly, like it or not, with the outcome. We were able to do it, and I know that the drafters put in a lot of hours. We are hoping that, by controlling the flow of legislation a little better, we will be able to do a better job of managing their work loads. I am not sure if Ms. Bolstad has any of the history or the deputy minister. Yes, the deputy minister. Thank you.

Thank you. Deputy Minister.

Thank you, Deputy Minister. Member for Frame Lake.

Thanks. That's something I will just continue to keep an eye on, and I want to thank the Minister and his staff for the collaborative exchange. Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Are there any further questions or comments on services to government from committee? Justice, services to government, operations expenditure summary, 2021-2022 Main Estimates, $12,574,000. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. We will now turn to services to the public, beginning on page 297, with information items on page 299, and there are three other information items up to page 302 on this section. Questions? Member for Great Slave.

Thank you, Madam Chair. One of the line items here that I really hear a lot about is the rental office. It's one where I do probably need to learn a little more on its operations and such. $238,000 is not very much money. I do know that a lot of our more vulnerable constituents do interact and need help at the rental office, and we often end up, as MLAs, kind of being that go-between or a navigator in helping them figure that out. My question is: could the Minister speak to whether or not that is actually adequately funded? Perhaps we need to be looking at expanding the rental office so it's a bit more of a customer service type. I'm not disparaging how the rental officers are working now; I just meant that it seems like it could be more robust. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. I think that we can always do a better job with public interaction and customer service, but I think that, right now, we are in a good place with the rental office. I know that, a few years back, there were some staffing issues, and there were delays that were months long. It was really not fair to landlords or to tenants. There have been some changes made. There is some stability in that office. The timelines that are being met are as good as they have been in quite a while. According to the last report that came out of the rental office, the timelines really couldn't be shortened any, based on the amount of time that the parties involved have to participate. They have to get documents in and those kinds of things. Things are working quite well there right now, I have to say. Thank you.

Thank you, Minister. Member.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Thank you for that. Again, the one time I was in the rental office with my constituent, they were very lovely and helpful. Maybe the Minister could speak to what is the percentage of clients that are public housing clients at the rental office?

Thank you, Member. Minister.