Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to share with Members of this Assembly some interesting statistics regarding the Inuvik Twin Lakes riding. These statistics were compiled in a socio-economic profile I had prepared on Inuvik Twin Lakes. The purpose of this profile is to provide both a clear view of the riding composition and its uniqueness.

Some of the interesting statistics for the Inuvik Twin Lakes riding include:

• • Nineteen percent of the households receive either employment insurance or income support, which is significantly higher than the territorial average of 8.5 percent;
• • Home ownership in Inuvik Twin Lakes is slightly above the territorial average of just below 50 percent;
• • Twenty-six percent of the households and 19.7 percent of the Inuvik Twin Lakes population appear to have made recent use of public housing;
• • The public housing population includes proportionately high numbers of those who are 65 and over, and proportionately few of those were under the age of 18;
• • Sources of income include:

1. o Hunting and trapping, which represents 22 percent;
2. o Income support, ten percent;
3. o Private sector employment, 52 percent,
4. o Public sector employment, 60 percent,
5. o Private pension benefits, 19 percent,
6. o Canada Pension Plan benefits, 10 percent, and
7. o EI benefits, 11 percent;

• • Twenty-two percent of the households indicate that hunting and trapping is a source of income or food.

In summary, the area is obviously an affluent majority in Twin Lakes, considering those who have regular employment in either the public or private sector, many of whom own their own homes. However, there is a sizeable minority consisting of between one-fifth and one-quarter of the households in the population of Twin Lakes who live in public housing or cheap rental housing, recipients of income support and those who are heavily dependant on EI benefits.

As you can see, as with other ridings in the Northwest Territories, Inuvik Twin Lakes is unique in its own right. As legislators, we must ensure that this uniqueness is recognized in all decision making. Later today, I will be tabling this document in the House. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.