Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my Member's statement is regarding the issue of housing in Taloyoak. I have received a letter from the Taloyoak Housing Association requesting the Government of the Northwest Territories recognize the shortage of housing in Taloyoak, as well as in other communities across the North.
Mr. Speaker, when I travel throughout the Kitikmeot region, I have noticed that there are some GNWT staff housing units that are not being occupied by anyone, while we have an extreme shortage of public units in the community. This is the case in Taloyoak. The Taloyoak Housing Association is requesting, since we have a number of empty GNWT staff houses in that community, that those units be allocated to the local Inuit who are employed by the GNWT, who are living in public units at this time, in order to recognize the shortage of public units in the Community. They should be allocated to people who were born and have lived in the community and have worked for the government for many years. They should be eligible. Thank you.