Thank you, Mr. Chair. Mr. Chair, the Member has pointed out a number of issues, and we are in agreement with most of the comments that he has made. In the area of housing need in the Sahtu, the need is very great, we recognize that. We will continue to invest in the region, it is one of the regions that needs a lot of attention at this point. We are, within this budget, planning to put in $4.8 million into his riding to try to offset some of these housing needs. It has gone up from 2002-2003, we were investing $3.3 million, so we are trying to increase the number of dollars for that riding to be able to deal with the number of housing needs there.

Some communities are better in the Sahtu than others. For example, as the Member has indicated, in Deline there are a number of units that are vacant. They are public housing units. The plan to deal with these units is to renovate them or to ensure that they are up to standard and then sell them. They are units that we feel would be of interest to the private market. However, on the public housing side, there is really no demand for those units at this time because people have moved away and have moved into other types of housing.

I also want to point out to the Member that we are not including in these estimates the potential for loan guarantees and corporate loan guarantees, as those are application-based. It is difficult to assess who will come forward to request this type of support. That is my response. Thank you.