Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I was elected on February 10th, 2022, on by-election for the Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh riding. In October 2019, the newly elected MLA Members went to a retreat to bring forward all their goals and mandates for the respected communities from this retreat. The GNWT tabled their four-year mandate plan, and it has been one year, on February 10th, 2022, I was elected as MLA for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh riding. Not one Minister, not one deputy minister, or the Premier approached me on the needs and wants for my riding. Despite I made every effort to work in Cabinet to be heard, but no meeting took place to my requested date.
As the MLA for my riding, I'm sitting on committees on various overall government operations and from what I can see, this government is status quo, and the departments are moving forward with their four-year mandate with no consultation or accommodation with my riding on the community's needs or infrastructure projects. Again, this government knows best on what is needed in all communities in the NWT, including my riding.
I raised my constituent issues with the Premier, Cabinet, and Minister in the fall session where I said the train left the station and there was no way to throw on constituent issues and baggage on to the moving train with the door closed. So it doesn't matter what I say or do, this government wants me to support the 2023-2024 budget with no consultation or accommodation for the communities in any riding is deeply concerning. In the 2022-2023 budget, the GNWT allocated $3.4 million for public housing repairs. On April 14th, 2022, Northern Affairs Canada announced a $60 million federal housing dollars to address the urgent housing crisis in the NWT and allocation to be determined.
The housing crisis allocation was determined and decided by the NWT Housing Corporation at the time to use the $30 million that is Indigenous money to fix up public housing units and assets. They did not address the real housing crisis promised in their public announcement for all 33 communities in the Northwest Territories. In the 2023-2024 fiscal year budget, the GNWT will be spending another $30 million, CIRNAC dollars, again to fix up public housing units.
I'll be asking the Premier and Minister to work with Indigenous governments to allocate the $30 million through the contribution agreement so Indigenous governments can address their own housing crisis. Mr. Speaker, I will have questions for the Minister at the appropriate time. Mahsi.