Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions are for the Minister responsible for Municipal and Community Affairs. Mr. Speaker, earlier I had made a statement in regards to the municipal tax programs that the government had instituted some time back so that essentially seniors would not have to pay municipal taxes and the fact that in the general taxation area, this is true, seniors do not have to pay taxes as the government takes care of the whole thing.

However, in the municipalities that are tax-based, the government pays half of the taxes and the municipalities are expected to forgive the other half. In Yellowknife and perhaps other communities, they placed a maximum on this so that once you reach that level, the senior has to pay the rest. Now, this is true whether a senior can afford it or whether they cannot. Some time back, the ordinary Members, Members who are not Cabinet Ministers, had passed a motion saying that this government should do what it can to ensure that only those seniors who can afford to pay municipal taxes should pay, in other words, institute a means test to go by their income. If a senior is on a fixed income, a small pension, they may not be able to afford to pay tax, it does not matter how big their house is. During the discussions on the budget, I had brought this up with the Minister and his staff. The Minister had indicated that his staff would look into the matter. At this point, I would like to ask the Minister for a report on his inquiries into this matter. Thank you.