Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I think we all know the importance of housing to all the people in the world. I think here, in the Northwest Territories, it is especially true in the smaller, predominantly aboriginal communities. The overcrowding issue is still a big concern. That was a concern ten, 20 years ago and it still is today. It leads to family breakups. It leads to people not completing their education. There is no comfort level and without comfort level, you cannot go beyond.
Knowing that it effects the education system, it effects all our social programs, social envelope programs, health and social services, income support, et cetera. It seems like it stems from the lack of housing. When you take the Business Incentive Policy and you have to apply the Business Incentive Policy, when you purchase materials to build houses, that takes away from those programs.
My understanding is if you buy packages in the North, it costs twice as much as when you buy in the south. Because of the Business Incentive Policy, you have to pay that much more. If you could just exclude the Business Incentive Policy from the Housing Corporation for the purchase of building material, my understanding is you could be building four or five more units per year in the Northwest Territories. I am just wondering if that is the case, according to the numbers that the Housing Corporation developed. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.