Thank you, Mr. Speaker. This set of questions is also for the Minister of Housing. In response to Mr. Henry's statement, the Minister indicated Mr. Henry may not be aware of the critical housing shortage in the smaller and remoter communities. Those were his exact words. In the response just now he used the words crisis situation. I would just like to ask the Minister where he thinks these circumstances exist in the Northwest Territories at this time?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for that response, Minister Arlooktoo. I am curious about your needs survey. We keep hearing this referred to that it is going to be released shortly. We are going to see what the needs are. I am just wondering what is the process whereby you determine those needs. When you go into a community, how do you calculate what the need is in that community? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. That is exactly how I thought the needs survey was conducted. In going door to door with staff and people from the Housing Corporation or somebody contracted with this need survey, how many homes do you think you would come up to that would say no, I do not want more houses, I do not need a better home, in the smaller communities? How many people are going to say no I do not. It just seems like an unusual way of determining the real need. I think, given the opportunity, most people would say yes. Which brings me to my next point and that is when we talk about the income thresholds for this Plan 2000, we talk about a range of $50 thousand to $90 thousand annual income. Given the diversity of the communities in the Northwest Territories, it is a very relative indicator. I guess my point is and the question I would like to ask the Minister is, if we had to postpone implementation of phase three of the rent scale because those middle income earners could not afford to pay rent to housing, how are those same people going to go to the bank and get a mortgage and take on all the operating costs of managing a home, not to mention the mortgage payment? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My final supplementary to the Minister of Housing revolves around this idea in theory that is put forward in Plan 2000, that people living in public housing units are middle income earners, are going to move out thus vacating public housing units which we assume lower income families are going to move into and take up that vacancy. So my question is, are the people who qualify under the down payment assistance program, is it part of the criteria or a mandatory requirement that they are presently living in public housing units? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is to the Premier. My question is in regards to the long-awaited communications strategy or plan he indicated was being worked on back on February 3. I was wondering if the Premier could update me and this House as to when that will be brought forward. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Could the Minister clarify when he says "members of the committee". Is that one of the standing committees you have sent it to?