Thank you, Member for Frame Lake. Motion is in order. To the motion.

Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? Any abstentions? The motion is carried.

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Tabled Member's statement 292-19(2), Tabled Document 567-19(2) will be moved into Committee of the Whole. Thank you

Motions. Notices of motion for the first reading of bills. First reading of bills. Second reading of bills. Consideration in Committee of the Whole of bills and other matters, Bill 23, Bill 29, Bill 38, Tabled Document 561-19(2), with Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes in the chair.

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What is the wish of committee? Member for Frame Lake.

Merci, Madam la Presidente. Committee wishes to consider Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023, with Northwest Territories Housing Corporation. Mahsi, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Does committee agree?

Thank you, committee. We will take a recess and resume with the Housing Corporation.

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I now call Committee of the Whole to order. We are reviewing -- sorry, we've agreed to consider Tabled Document 561-19(2): Main Estimates 2022-2023, and we are considering the estimates for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation. We are in the section of executive.

I'm going to ask the Sergeant-at-Arms to escort the witnesses into the Chamber.

Minister, will you introduce your witnesses, please.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I have with me here today president of the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, Ms. Eleanor Young, and vice-president of the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation, Jim Martin. Thank you.

Did you have other witnesses that you were wishing to change out at some point today, or these are the -- just the two?

Depending on the section, I also have with me associate deputy minister Jamie Fulford. Thank you.

Okay, thank you. Just make sure that you let me know through the chair when you want to switch out the witnesses so I can have the Sergeant-at-Arms -- all right. So welcome. And we are on the executive. And I'm going to give the floor back to Member for Frame Lake for the remainder of his time.

Thanks, Madam Chair, much appreciated. I'm trying to remember exactly where I was on Friday. It seems like a lifetime ago, but. I guess I was trying to figure out how the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation determines when to go to the Financial Management Board for more resources. And I think I heard that there was two areas of forced growth that the corporation sought additional funds for, and looking back at Hansard from Friday, was for property taxes and incremental costs associated with expansion of public housing programs.

So I know that -- we all know that inflation is going to be probably around 5 percent for the current year. How has the Housing Corporation accounted for inflation in, or what we know, in all of its operations and why just these two areas for forced growth? Thanks, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Member. Minister of Housing -- NWT Housing Corporation.

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

Thank you. President Young.

Thank you. Member for Frame Lake.

Yeah, thanks, Madam Chair. I guess I just want to encourage the Minister to come forward to the Financial Management Board more often for requests for additional funding, especially with regard to forced growth but also to expand the programs that they offer to finally get our housing out of core need.

So lastly, if I could ask very quickly, when are we going to get this plan to get our housing out of core need? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of NWT Housing Corporation.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll have President Young respond as we are working on that report and just for the -- when that report will be ready. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. President Young.