LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Housing and northern allowance for home owners in the NWT
From: Ernest Taylor Pokiak, Tuktoyaktuk
Dear editor,
This is an opportune time to send a message to the GNWT regarding home ownership in the territory. In 1984-85, the government introduced the HAP program as a first...
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