Mr. Speaker, I believe the previous Minister took some documents to Cabinet to deal with flood damages in the western Arctic area.

The assistance that people are able to get is under the Disaster Assistance Policy. That has been approved by Cabinet. There are also requests that can be made to Cabinet by the Minister of M.A.C.A. in case of wide spread damage, as a result of emergencies or flooding. This criteria is used to access the need for implementing the policy, including weather damage so wide spread that a significant number of people, and property, or the geographical areas are effected. Other criteria is that municipal authorities and community residents made serious effort to protect their property and minimize damage. Mr. Speaker, to my knowledge, at this point, the extraordinary funding has not been made available to flood damage. Thank you.