Thank you, Madam Chair. And I hear where the Member is coming from, and I hear this comment throughout the Northwest Territories. But I put this opportunity out there. This was a new initiative, a new approach to say that these single-family housing units are up for sale, here you go, purchase them. But like I had said, we didn't have the huge uptake that I was expecting. I was honestly expecting to get rid of a thousand units. That's what I thought it would honestly look like. I wanted to go to the federal government to say we need a replenishment of a thousand units. We're selling them. We're going to have these agreements done in the next ten years. And I wanted to have a different conversation. But then the reaction from the public, like I had said it wasn't as -- the uptake wasn't as strong as I thought it would be. And then going back to the local housing authority and hearing that they're understaffed, they're overworked, I want to say that, you know, we're trying to improve the communication and the support for them at that local level. But I can tell you that I've travelled throughout the territory. These are probably the most -- these positions are very hard to staff. Thank you, Madam Chair.
Paulie Chinna on Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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