Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I'm going to start off by turning the page. And so we've got about $4.2 million in homelessness initiatives across the NWT. I'm wondering if the Housing Corporation has a number of people that that serves? That might be too detailed for right now but if it is, I'm willing to wait for the answer as well. Thank you.

Thank you. Minister responsible for NWT Housing Corporation.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I don't have that amount of detail at the tip of my fingers right now, but we do have several different programmings as well. The one that comes to my head immediately is our Northern Pathways as well too that deals with homelessness and troubled clients in the smaller communities. We do work in conjunction with health and social services as well too providing the asset and health and social services providing the programming. So I don't have those numbers of how many people we serve throughout the territory. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Would you be able to provide those to us?

Thank you. Yes, I will. Thanks.

Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And I'll narrow it down, and the Minister might not have the question -- or the answer, and I will admit I didn't provide the questions to her in advance and I understand that this is quite detailed.

The one that I'm really after is the amount of people served by the emergency shelters funding number of 2.997, and I'm wondering if that is -- given it's more specific of a number request, if that's one that the Minister has?

Thank you, Member. Minister responsible for NWT Housing Corporation.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'd have to get back to the Member because like I said that when we're addressing homelessness, I do work with my colleague for health and social services as well too. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Minister. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And I think without even seeing the number, that we can all probably agree that housing people on an emergency basis is generally far more expensive per person than it is to keep people housed, which is what I'm looking -- the question I'm looking to answer there with that number.

And so I want to just kind of put in a plug here for the work that is being done by the Housing Corporation as far as renewing their mission, vision, values, and the policies that go with that, and what I'm hoping that we see is a system that values keeping people housed over evictions and finding solutions. And I think that that will -- we will see the repercussions of that in the bottom line of the GNWT across departments. And so I appreciate the work that the Housing Corporation is doing on that one.

Back in 2018, the Housing Corporation committed to a homelessness strategy for the GNWT as a whole-of-government approach, and I'm wondering if the Minister can let us know when that strategy will be done and presented to the Standing Committee on Social Development. Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Minister responsible for NWT Housing Corporation.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll have president Young respond. Thank you.

Thank you. President Young.

Thank you, president Young. Member for Kam Lake.

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. And I understand that president Young has, you know, only recently come in to the Housing Corporation. So I know that she has adopted a lot of the work that was already being done, but I just wanted to point out or ask of the Minister that it is the expectation that this is an all-of-government approach and that the strategy will include participation of other departments. So can you Minister confirm that other departments participated on this and that it is an all-of-government approach? Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Minister responsible for NWT Housing Corporation.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I will have president Young elaborate on the process because it does have to be submitted to committee as well too and to Cabinet and for their comment as well. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you.

Wasn't sure if I said that.

President Young.

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.