Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are all aware of the need for housing, and there are some houses that need repair. This survey is the most comprehensive survey, carried out by any jurisdiction in Canada, and it could not be at a more opportune time.
We now have our housing needs documented. We know how many houses we need, and how many people are inadequately housed. This is the type of information we need to take to the government of Canada, to show our unique situation in the territories.
The survey document, as you may not know, is now going to go into phase four. What I have always said from day one, in this Assembly, before starting this process is, it is very important to include the community in any decisions that we make, and to give some credibility to any survey we make as well.
Out of the $914,000 the Housing Corporation spent, $700,000 of that money was spend on surveyors, the 450 individuals that were hired, in the communities, to conduct the survey. Phase four, the survey document itself, goes back to the community for community consultation, so that we can get some direction from the community leaders, and recommendations on how to solve their housing problems in their community. That is the whole idea of the survey, to document the need, as well as give a document for discussion purposes in the community.