Mr. Speaker, we have policies, we follow the policies, but we don't follow every policy in every possible situation. There are times when it is necessary to make exceptions. If a Minister wants to make an exception to a policy, then that has to be brought to the government. In the case that the Member for Hay River North is referring to, it was a situation where we have been under pressure to provide affordable housing in the communities. In the previous government this was discussed; it was discussed at great length. There were Members on the other side and this side who said we could get housing a lot cheaper than what we're doing it for now. We don't need $300,000 homes for people who can't afford to buy them. How do we get lower cost housing? The previous government took a look at this situation and said if we just went to the market, we know you can buy a modular home for $60,000 or less in the South or wherever, maybe you can buy it in the North for even less than that. So let's look at it with some flexibility. We need to be open on this because the important thing is to get affordable housing into those communities.
This government took that same issue and looked at it and reconfirmed that, yes, maybe it is worth taking a look at. We did make a decision to make an exception in that case. Mr. Speaker, we can't be just bound so much to our policies that we just follow them blindly wherever they take us. There are times when we need to have a look at other ways of doing things that are affordable. In this case, we'll see whether or not this is going to work. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.