Thank you, Mr. Chair. And thank you to the Member for the question. This is a live issue. I don't think it's a land claims issue, though. I think the question was about public land that the GNWT already has and why we're not transferring it to municipalities. This was a priority of the last government. Progress was made, but there's still sticking points around more of the technical side of things. And that's holding back the whole process, and we're at loggerheads again. This is just much like the municipal funding formula. We don't have all the money in the world, but we have a formula that says this is how much we as the GNWT give communities. And we're not meeting those commitments. So why have -- how can we do that as a government, have a formula that we're not meeting those commitments? It says because we're broke. Well, we're not broke. We have money for other priorities. We're just not prioritizing our own policies. And that's fundamentally wrong. And that's why I'm so committed to close that because this -- I mean, if the priorities of this Assembly change it, fine. But right now, the GNWT has a commitment to fulfilling its policies, all of its policies, and it's not doing the job. So I'm committed to closing that or amending the policies so we can actually meet within the fiscal framework, but I'd much rather close it and give the communities the $55 million they need.
And as for land transfer, I think we need to take the public lands we have and transfer the administration -- not just the land, because if you transfer the land, you still need to assess it, you still need to do all the zoning work and all that. If we transfer the administration down to the municipalities, then they can get started, get to work doing what they want with it right away without additional costs. And the last thing we need to do is put more cost burdens on the land to make it useable for development. Because that's our goal at the end of the day, is to spur local development and create more room for affordable housing, more room for business development, more room for growth and jobs in our community and local infrastructure. And that's, again, goes back to empower regions, empowering local communities to be successful. And I would direct the Minister not only to do that but bring this forward in an omnibus bill without delay that could get all this done at once so we're not waiting for multiple legislative reviews and multiple pieces of legislation. Action, not planning. Thank you.