Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am advised by the Yellowknives' Dene First Nations administration that MACA personnel has identified $94,000 of the Yellowknife block funding that should be attributable to the Yellowknives' Dene members in Ndilo. As well, Public Works Canada has indicated that $120,000 in grants in lieu of taxes is provided. This is a considerable sum of money that Ndilo sees virtually nothing of other than basically to clean the roads periodically and a few other odds and ends.
Mr. Chairman, I think this has gone on long enough. We have been talking for two years. The committee has been in existence for at least about a year, I cannot remember exactly, but it is time this should have been rectified.
I would want a commitment that in this new fiscal year, funding is available to the community of Ndilo so they can adequately supply recreational services and provide municipal services for their community as every other community in the Northwest Territories is able to do, including the city of Yellowknife through their block funding. Thank you.