Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there are 60 residents in the community of Umingmaktok and 22 residents in the community of Bathurst Inlet. Even though these communities are not formally recognized as communities by the Government of the Northwest Territories, the Government of the Northwest Territories does provide a school in Umingmaktok, including a teacher, housing through the alternate housing programs, health care, social services, funding for northern games and the POL supply to both of those communities.

There are other communities in the NWT that are of the same or smaller size that have received an allocation, even though it may be the minimum allocation of $25,000 under the Canada/NWT infrastructure agreement. I don't believe it is fair to exclude other communities because of their designation or lack of official recognition by our government. The communities of Umingmaktok and Bathurst Inlet have identified needs for infrastructure. Recently, they've requested that there be community freezers placed in their communities because they don't have any power there, so they need some kind of food storage over the summer months.

As I've mentioned before, they have additional housing needs that haven't been attended to over the years. And another recent issue that has come forward from the community of Umingmaktok regards their school. They have asked that their school be renovated because it was built in 1977. It is 1,047 square feet and while it may have been adequate when it was built, since the growth of the community, it is no longer adequate.

Finally, I think that the Canada/NWT infrastructure agreement currently has an amount of $800,000 identified as a contingency fund for addressing special needs and I think this particular circumstance would warrant that they be eligible under this fund. So, I would like to ask all Members to support this motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.