Thank you, Madam Chair. I am looking at the revised main estimates, and it appears we've budgeted a slight increase for forest management for fighting fires, but my understanding was that it was a largely a wet fire season, and $1 million total supplementary appropriation for fighting fires is a low amount. Can the Minister just give a bit of a better idea of what we can expect going forward in seeing supplemental appropriations for fires? Are we currently budgeting enough to fight fires on average, year after year?

Thank you, Madam Chair. Just looking at the $1,670,000 for increased costs associated with fire suppression, can the Minister explain what that is in regard to?

Thank you, Madam Chair. I am looking at page 40 of the main estimates and the income security total amount is $54 million. Then now, I am looking here at the 2019-2020 total appropriation is $56 million. Sorry, 2021, going forward, we have ascribed $54 million. Yet, it appears the total appropriation for last year, this current fiscal we are in is $56 million. Considering we budgeted less than we actually spent, do we expect to see another supplemental appropriation for income security in the next fiscal?

I appreciate that this work is being done, but I think the ultimate goal here should be not just payrolling people but providing a guaranteed liveable income. That is an amount that no person can fall below so that no one in the Northwest Territories is living in poverty. While the Minister is asking his department to conduct this review, can we look at the benefits that a guaranteed liveable income would provide the North?

I am very glad to hear that answer and I look forward to the Minister reporting back whether we actually increase the number of people who are payrolled. My second concern here is that I have spoken to a number of private landlords and they have informed me that, if people are payrolled, and if they can guarantee rent for more than 30 days, they would buy a building and fill it with Income Assistance clients. Presently, the way it goes is, if it a person misses their reporting appointment and doesn't get the money for the next month, then they can't pay their rent, and then that landlord runs into the Residential Tenancies Act and has to go through a lengthy process to evict the person who can't pay their rent. My question is: will the Minister, during this review which he's asked his department to conduct of putting more people on payroll, look into the issue of working with private landlords to guarantee them rent from tenants?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Yesterday, I asked the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment questions regarding Income Assistance. I'd like to continue that line of questions. He informed me that we spend approximately $6.5 million a year simply administering income security. I believe much of this time is chasing people and making sure those on Income Assistance meet their monthly reporting requirements. Mr. Speaker, will the Minister commit to asking his department to review the monthly reporting requirements and, where it makes sense, to extend those to longer time periods so people are not living 30 days at a time?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I appreciate that, and I appreciate the Minister keeping us updated. My next question is: as we are providing this funding, I believe the Housing Corporation has repeatedly stated that our goal is partnerships, the future is partnerships. Throughout this process, it is clear there has been a breakdown in communication in exactly what the Housing Corporation's role is and whether they are providing technical advice, whether they want partnerships with Indigenous governments for all projects, whether they are going to fund the 25 percent. Will the Minister commit to setting out clear guidelines for the application process and what the Housing Corporation's role is in accessing this federal co-investment fund?

There is almost a "yes" there. I do believe there are some parliamentary issues about a Minister committing money on the floor, but I'll look forward to the updates. My next question regarding the co-investment fund: I understand there's a number in the works. The problem here is that this is the first one that seemed to fail, and I don't want to be standing up in the House every single time we hear that our Housing Corporation did not support a project. My question is: will the Minister assign someone in the Housing Corporation to coordinate applications and work with proponents so that we can access this federal money?

That may be my first "yes" in this Legislative Assembly. Yesterday, there was concern about whether we had actually supported this project. Will the Minister commit that, if CMHC comes up with this three quarters of this funding, we are able to find the $660,000 and we will follow suit and provide our funding to this project?