Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd just like to point out to the Member that almost 50 percent of the cost of phase one was done through the BIP process. Fifty percent of that investment was put back into the North for the business communities, the manufacturing business that build the septic tanks, the fuel tanks and whatnot put into these units. So I would just like to clarify that for the Member, Mr. Speaker.
Mr. Speaker, I think we can't lose sight of the objective that we're trying to meet here. The whole intention was to ensure that we have housing available for our core program needs that are in communities, such as teachers, nurses, we have community wellness workers, we have people that we're trying to get into the programs this government delivers. We don't even have those people in those communities because of lack of housing. So I'd just like to point out to the Member that we are trying to meet an objective, but also a challenge that we are all facing. The government has gotten out of staff housing. We're trying another initiative, which we're not calling staff housing. It's an initiative that we have to ensure that we have program dollars that can be delivered in communities. We can't take down these barriers for communities to say sorry you can't be hired because you can't find a place to stay. We are removing one of those barriers by this initiative. Thank you.
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