Thank you. I know that within our LHO, they are understaffed in Behchoko, Whati, and Gameti, and there's nothing in Wekweeti. There's no LHO office there. So I know that they are understaffed and they are overworked and, as a result, many of these units are sitting empty. Some of them have been sitting empty for over ten years. And I can tell you there's a house that has been sitting, that's vacant since 2009. To date, it's still sitting vacant. In 2009, it was in good operation. And what the Minister's office should have done was gave that unit to the family member that are living in the area or the family that grew up in that house. And there's a lot of them like that. And I can tell you that there's a lot of people -- the reason I am pushing is because a lot of people, they want to be a homeowner but they can fix up those units as well. I know in my region, they want to fix up those units. They want to become a homeowner. And we do have a lot of skilled people too as well. And this is a good project for the trades program, even with the SNAP that my colleague mentioned during our Member's statement. So there's a lot of opportunity, work, and the Minister shouldn't be making a decision for the people that the people should make. You know, like they should be given a chance, an opportunity, to become homeowners. And she said I don't want to create barriers. You know, I mean my goodness. Like I said, our people have been here, and I know -- I heard her say before that I don't want to set up people to fail. We've been here for thousands of years and we're going to be here for another ten thousands of years. You know, I just want this Minister to do the right thing. Just give those units away to those people, to the people. And the arrears is their mistake. It's not the people's mistake. It's the Housing that they created those arrears through their policy that is not working for the people in the Northwest Territories, and especially in my region because we have the highest arrears, housing arrears, on their book. So I think the housing -- it's up to her if she wants to answer me. But the Housing should do the right thing, transfer those units as soon as possible. Thank you.
Jane Weyallon Armstrong on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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