Thank you, Mr. Chair. And we've spoken about housing a number of times today and, again, it all comes down to partnerships. And the Member asked about working with Indigenous governments. And that's exactly what we have to do. The idea of just, you know, transferring money to an Indigenous government for O and M, that's not really in our budget. I mean, we can transfer money and responsibility but just to, you know, cut a cheque and keep it ongoing isn't really something that we have the fiscal capacity to do. What we can do, though, is work with Indigenous governments and go to Ottawa. This is an area where everyone in Canada knows there is a need for this. And so I think it's a place where we can get a lot of traction, and we can make advancements by working together. And we also have to look at different types of housing as well. Not everyone is ready for a home. Maybe people are in need of transitional housing. Maybe they're in need of, again, aftercare, we spoke about earlier. Options for facilities like that. So there's no doubt, though, that this needs to be tackled. This is an issue in the territory. If you don't -- if you have no privacy in your house, if you can't study, you know, because there's ten other people staying in one room, I mean, it impacts every single aspect of your life if you don't have adequate housing or you don't have housing. So I don't think there's any doubt that it's something we won't deal with, it's something we must do, and we must do it in partnership. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Questions by Members
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