Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'd like to comment and ask a question about the policy of the Board of Management, which of course the Speaker is reporting on behalf of, and it concerns something that I've had some feedback on from constituents. It's about the housing allowance policy that is in place to provide those MLAs who don't live in Yellowknife adequate resources to set up in effect what amounts to a second household for them. Understandably there are costs incurred for them and the Assembly quite rightly has a responsibility to provide that. The cost of rental housing in this city has been a frequent topic of mine and others. In relation to the policy that we have here though, some of the feedback that I've been getting is that the policy seems to be overly generous and that the ability of an MLA, even the ability of an MLA to simply say it's costing more and get more from their employer, there's a sense of imbalance. It's too easy a road, if you will, to simply say it's costing more and they get more of an allowance.
I think at least some of this kind of opinion, Mr. Chairman, is based on a lack of information or maybe some perceptions about the policy. So I wanted to ask for the public record here if we could get an explanation of how those Yellowknife living allowances are set. How often are they reviewed? What kind of scrutiny goes into making this decision? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.