Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I requested, a while back, to find out if there was any other space that we would have in Fort Providence. I wanted to be satisfied that there was not a duplication of services in the community. I wanted to make sure that DPW is maximizing their warehouse, and find out if the Housing Corporation could have used it. But what I find out is that they are indicating that all the facilities that are in Fort Providence now, are being used to their maximum. So the other alternative we have, because of the high cost of the tender, is that there is a discussion on the tender method. The Housing Corporation can possibly do a project management function using local labour provided by a joint venture of the local economic development arm of the band, DIGAA Enterprises and Snowshoe Inn Limited, and a local business contractor.

If this method of construction is used, we can also incorporate some community training into it. Then all we have to do is make sure that we can bring it in within budget. That is in the process, and that money has not been lost. Thank you.