Thank you, Mr. Chairman. About a month ago, Bishop Sperry gave a sermon about good news. He made the point that you hear all kinds of bad news and you never hear about the good news. He is a senior citizen. One of the things he told people was that there are good things happening for senior citizens. He told us that you can buy a ticket from Air Canada for just over $1,000 to travel anywhere in North America and stop off and visit kids, relatives, or friends and you can take a whole year to do it. This raised a great deal of interest in the community among the older people. They said maybe this is true, perhaps old folks do get good treatment. I began trying to make a list of the advantages for senior citizens who live in the Northwest Territories, including the 500 gallons of fuel and the extended health care benefits. In the city of Yellowknife, they receive tax relief on property taxes so that they can stay in their own homes. Being on a fixed income, it is at times very difficult to keep your own place. If you look around the city there are days where you can get materials at ten per cent off. Since seniors are now becoming very interested in the future and living with some degree of security, can the Minister tell me about the good things for senior citizens who stay in the territories. What are the good

things about being a senior citizen and the kind of support that the government gives elderly people who have made big contributions. Are there things which the public perhaps does not know about? Some of these things which I found out about, seniors did not know about. They were not aware of this good news. There were good things there and if they wanted to, they could take advantage of them. Several did not know about the 500 gallons of fuel. There are many other things such as this. If it is good news it does not get around, however, we always hear the bad news.