Mr. Chairman, one of the things I want to raise, with regard to housing, is that when we talk about housing we automatically think of infrastructure. That is one way of thinking, but for aboriginal people, housing is important. It should not just be important so that it is designated only to communities, or centres.

We have people that still live off the land, and we still have people who live full-time out there, but the kind of help that they get is limited, nothing at all. During the summer months, they do come and live in the community, but the association should not just restrict itself to developing infrastructure in the community.

They should also think about assisting aboriginal people so that they do not have to live in the community. Right now, the insistence is to live in the community. It is important that we do not lose sight of that. I have been, for some years now, trying to help some people in that area, but we do not have any programs, and if they do, it is because of the H.A.P. houses in the community.

We have units now, in Fort Providence, that are quite old units and a lot of emphasis has been on building new units and really not repairing. We have about twelve basement units in Fort Providence that are now going through a stage where the basement is not effective any more, it is leaking. The same people are living in there, these are thirty year old units.

People have talked to me, including Johnnie Nadli, requesting that they repair his unit, because it has not been repaired since he moved into the unit. With the exception of that most of the units in Fort Providence had retrofit. All the roofs are fixed, but nothing has been done to the interior to make the unit that much better.

I support the program with regard to the special projects. I appreciate that the Minister is continuing that program. Just a couple of weeks ago, the two individuals who were designated in Fort Providence are now living in their new units. In Kakisa, there were three elders who were supposed to get units this summer. Three months ago, when I visited there were indications that they were going to do the pads, but with regard to the actual construction, it was kind of iffy.

Kakisa is a traditional community and I think that if emphasis is put on also encouraging traditional activities, we should allow some latitude so that if a member of a community decides that community living is not the best for himself, or his family, then he should be given the opportunity to live in his traditional place.

All the communities know where their traditional areas are. It would not be as if you pick a piece of land and build anywhere you want to. If I was to do that, I would have to move back to Red Knife. There are people that live in Horn River and Axe Point. There are all kinds of places where people actually live and they know who they are, and where they live.

That is all I have to say, I have not got anything else. Except to say, Mr. Minister, you did not say that you were going to change the criteria on that, has the criteria not been changed, is it now called alternate housing, as opposed to H.A.P. housing?