Yes. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will just keep them brief. I would like to thank the honourable Member and just to let Members know that we will continue to use the same arguments that we have used in the past at these meetings: "Our unique situation in the Northwest Territories." You cannot compare the housing situation in the territories to the housing situation in southern Canada.
It is like comparing apples to oranges. When we look around this Assembly and we see many people sitting here that are first generation from off the land, that is not the same in southern Canada. You are bringing people from igloos and tents and trying to move them into communities and you have to supply proper housing for those people to live.
The birthrates in the territories are two times the national average. Also, the households in need of assistance are 44 percent in the Northwest Territories compared to 14 percent in southern Canada and it just goes on and on and on, the comparisons. So, when the federal government paint us with the same brush as they paint the southern jurisdictions, it is just not just.
We have unique situations and the problem is crucial to us because of the high cost of health and the rest of the social problems that stem from the lack of adequate housing. Thank you.