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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Minister Chinna.

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Paulie Chinna

Paulie Chinna Sahtu

I would like to see the approvals happen immediately. Once the debt is at a zero balance, I would like to sign off an agreement and I would like to be done. As long as we receive the outstanding, that is -- and it kind of gets a little bit complicated because we have to work through FMB as well. And there was a little bit of a barrier. Jim, would you be able to elaborate on -- yes, just with the -- when we're selling the units and then we have to write off the units and then there's still the outstanding on the books that have to be transferred. Yes, okay. I'll just have Jim respond. Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

vice-president Martin.

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Paulie Chinna

Paulie Chinna Sahtu

I hope I didn't confuse you.

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Martin

No. Thank you, Madam Chair. Yes, as the Minister alluded to, in some situations when we're dealing with clients there may be arrears that are outstanding and, certainly, you know, those would be areas that we would continue to, you know, work closely with the client on to address. Now, there may be situations, though, where there are arrears that may very well satisfy our criteria for forgiveness. And Housing NWT considers this as part of a government-wide process every year. And in those situations, we do have to meet the strict criteria of the financial administration manual and the Financial Administration Act in this area. But it's certainly an area that we do look at seriously and do a full review every year of where we can address those arrear situations through the forgiveness approval process. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Member for Nunakput.

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Jackie Jacobson

Jackie Jacobson Nunakput

Thank you. Thank you, Madam Chair. In regards for the timeline though, the timeline and -- so if somebody came forward, wanted their unit, are we looking at six months? And like what's that really tight timeline because I do have constituents that want to come on the program but they're -- you know, they're kind of tired of waiting. But I just want to see, and then the forgiveness part. And you got a minute, 47 seconds so be brief as possible because I got one more question. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Minister Chinna.

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Paulie Chinna

Paulie Chinna Sahtu

Yes. Six.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

You got that, Member?

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Jackie Jacobson

Jackie Jacobson Nunakput

Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. No, Madam Minister, like in regards to community corporations and stuff like that, I know that the department's really interested and keen on working together with local community governments in regards to builds. I'm really pushing for my Ulukhaktok and Paulatuk elders' facilities. I've been working on this since 2007, and I'm really tired of seeing my elders in Inuvik hospital and away from family and not seen and just like they're put on a shelf. And I'm really hoping that we could try to work together with private-public partnership to build these units on a lease back; is that possible? Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Minister Chinna.

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Paulie Chinna

Paulie Chinna Sahtu

Thank you, Madam Chair. I would entertain the co-investment application to be honest. Like, we've seen so much uptake throughout the Northwest Territories and we do support those applications with a 25 percent as well. But I'd be willing to work with Paulatuk and Ulukhaktok if they were wanting to put forward a submission to build maybe possibly one of our duplexes, or whatever that we've designed so far throughout the Northwest Territories, to address seniors housing. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Member for Nunakput.

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Jackie Jacobson

Jackie Jacobson Nunakput

Ok. Going to be a four-plex design for elders facilities so we could take our loved ones back home to the community and watch them ourselves and having local people being able to -- like, it's a level two -- I don't know, Madam Chair, in regards to being able to wash them. You know, wash them and take care of them, feed them, and work with the community corporation to provide jobs through the community to take care of our own. And are they interested, are they able to do this and entertain? Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. I'll let the Minister answer briefly, and I'll move on to the next person. Thanks.

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Paulie Chinna

Paulie Chinna Sahtu

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll follow up with the Member and also with the leadership as well too because we do need that partnership in the community. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

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Caitlin Cleveland

Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, so this is the section that I was referenced to earlier when I was asking about the $2 million for the Inuvik shelter that was originally found in executive on page 380. And I'm just wondering if the Minister can point me to where that $2 million is now housed within finance and infrastructure? Thank you.

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The Chair

The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Minister Chinna.

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Paulie Chinna

Paulie Chinna Sahtu

Thank you, Madam Chair. We're just trying to look for emergency services. Yes, I'll have vice-president Jim Martin respond. Thank you.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Vice-president Martin.

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Martin

Thank you, Madam Chair. So the base budget to support the Inuvik shelter operations is located on page 384 under the emergency shelters line item. Thank you, Madam Chair.

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The Chair Lesa Semmler

Thank you. Member for Kam Lake.

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Caitlin Cleveland

Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake

Thank you very much, Madam Chair. So, Madam Chair, that line item has not grown. So in 2022-2023, it was $2,997,000 and then again in this year it is holding steady at the same amount. And so I do not see an increase of the $2 million that was originally in executive earmarked for the Inuvik shelter. And so I'm wondering why there's no increase if the Inuvik shelter is now coming out of that emergency shelter's pot found under homelessness initiatives? Thank you.