Status of Women committee  It means that if we do not change the way we do things, we will not be able to solve these problems. We are trying to find better ways of doing so. One of the things we need to improve is logistics. There are many small communities spread out everywhere. These villages are not

Status of Women committee  We do not have a—

Status of Women committee  The way we decided to address this issue, because you can never solve every problem, is that we—

Status of Women committee  No. Our problem is that it's never enough money, but we will have all our commitments in place. We are in the process of construction, and our commitment dates will all be met.

Status of Women committee  No, on the 2010 Nunavut housing needs survey that was undertaken in partnership with Statistics Canada, so these are current figures.

Status of Women committee  The number is increasing because the housing units available to people are increasing at a slower pace than the population is increasing.

Status of Women committee  No. We are trying to hold back the tide. We're slowing it down, but we haven't reversed the patterns yet.

Status of Women committee  That's correct.

Status of Women committee  At this point we have no problem with making all the financial commitments that are required under the agreements, so that is not causing us a problem. For us, the logistics of things are that we deliver material one year, and then we undertake the labour to build the following

Status of Women committee  As part of the government's action plan to address this and other issues, we are approaching this in a holistic fashion. We're developing a Government of Nunavut comprehensive housing strategy at this point. Not only are we looking at the Nunavut Housing Corporation being the sol

Status of Women committee  I'm just about at the end. Okay. So effectively we have a high waiting list. We have a high construction cost. We have 4% of the population indicating that they are temporary residents without a usual home elsewhere. So people are effectively considered homeless due to lack of

Status of Women committee  Thank you very much for the opportunity to appear before your committee today. Are you getting this reception?

Status of Women committee  Technology is working. That's wonderful.

Status of Women committee  That's great. The Nunavut Housing Corporation was established pre-division as the Northwest Territories Housing Corporation in approximately 1972 by the territorial government, through recognition that housing was a priority concern and, as such, deserved some undivided attentio