Thank you. Members, we are continuing on with Tabled Document 813-19(2), 2023-2024 Main Estimates. And we are considering the estimates for the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation. And we are on the page 379 to 381, and it's the NWT Housing Corporation executive. Is there any questions? Member for Kam Lake.
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Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, earlier last week, I had the opportunity to speak on the floor of the House with the Minister of housing in regards to strategic data collection and analysis by the department of housing. And both in terms of their clientele but also in terms of homelessness in conjunction with the homelessness prevention strategy and being able to use data collection as a means for further prevention. And so I'm wondering if that work would come out of the executive or where the funding for the hardware and software to be able to do this would come from? Thank you.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. Housing NWT participates in the annual capital -- IT capital process each year. And we have identified a number of areas for system enhancements and system replacements. So as part of the work that we're doing there, we'll be sure to consider this enhanced data collection opportunities going forward. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake
Thank you very much. So that process is something that we just went through in the October/November sitting doing the capital acquisition plan. So would this then not happen until the next capital acquisition plan, or would this happen in the form of a supplemental appropriation from housing? Thank you.
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Paulie Chinna Sahtu
Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll have vice-president Jim Martin speak -- or respond.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. What I spoke to was probably more of some larger investment opportunities that we're considering, but certainly doesn't prevent Housing NWT continuing to invest through our contract service dollars that we do have available in this budget to advance system improvement initiatives for the coming year. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. So just to confirm, this is work that will begin right away on the part of the housing corporation and not wait for another fiscal year to begin? Thank you.
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Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. So, Madam Chair, looking at the 2022-2023 Main Estimates on page 380 compared to the 2022-2023 revised main estimates under policy and planning, there's a significant budgetary increase there, and I'm wondering if the Minister can speak to what propelled that budget, which grew quite a bit.
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Thank you, Madam Chair. So in the expenditure area for compensation and benefits, we had internally funded some positions out of our internal resources in previous years and we've now put those in to reinstate them out of the main estimates budget here. And so, specifically, I'm speaking to our community housing planner positions. There's two of those. Our homelessness specialist. When we spoke yesterday to sunsetting a support worker position, we're funding that one through grant funding now. And then the final position I'll reference is our associate deputy minister. So it's just getting those positions reflected properly in our main estimates. Thank you, Madam Chair.
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Caitlin Cleveland Kam Lake
Thank you very much, Madam Chair. So in the 2023-2024 Main Estimates, which one of those positions are no longer reflected in the 2023-2024 Main Estimates, because I see that there is about a $2 million difference between the revised estimates and then this year's main estimates. Thank you.
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