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Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. I just wanted to mention at this time with respect to Fort Simpson, I'm happy to see 10 units over the next three years. I just wanted to see if the department will look at advancing the six single housing units up a year, and perhaps they can move the four single units to another year. It's to get more units in Simpson faster, to address the need there, Mr. Chair. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as we all know, if you move capital money in one area and move it ahead, it affects someone else. So unless you want to take it out of another community in your riding and move it into Fort Simpson...Again, we have to realize that we have to be fair to all communities. So whatever you do by moving one project, it's going to have an effect on another project. So as long as it's within the amount set and it also meets our core need, if we find that we have to move it up because of the condition of certain buildings that we've identified through our needs survey that this has a higher priority than another capital item, then it could be moved through that process. But as it is right now, that's the plan. Again, that's something that we have to look at it again and how it fits with our needs survey.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Menicoche.

No, thank you very much.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. Mr. Zoe.

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Member may not know, but in our capital programs, this year Rae is going to get $2 million, but most of that is through the IHP program and also the market housing initiative. So this year under the program budget, Rae-Edzo is going to get $2 million.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Zoe.

Well, as you know, Mr. Chairman, they have been lagging behind for a number of years, and I still feel that the corporation should reconsider for at least 2006-07 and bump up from 2007-08. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Zoe. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, like I stated earlier, the needs surveys that we have done have given us a snapshot of exactly where the core needs are, and I think I have made it clear in this House that we have to deal with those communities. There are 20 communities that fall within that excess of 30 percent core need, and that's where the majority of them are and Rae-Edzo is in that bracket. I think as we look at our capital allocation, we have to ensure it is followed. Also with the motion that was passed in this House, for us to bring it down by 10 percent, we have to see if we can meet that by 2007. The only way we're going to do it, like I said, we need 188 houses in those 20 communities to even put a dent in that. Again, we do have to look at our needs survey, and also realizing the motions that were passed in the House to get there. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have some questions on housing for Deline. I understand it was the last page...Payback time.

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Sorry. In a good-natured, good-spirited way. Mr. Chairman, I notice in last year's budget there was $1.080 million allocated for six new public housing units in Deline, and I don't see that this year, so could the Minister explain what happened to it.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I believe we did a pilot project with the Deline people, where we built log homes. That was the six units that the Member is referring to. So that's how the six units got in. But this year for Deline there's $1 million going in there for housing.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Ms. Lee.

Sorry, I didn't catch that. Did the Minister say there is $1 million going into Deline and, if so, what is that for? Is that something different than what was budgeted last year, which is six public housing units in last year's budget? I have last year's budget right now. I compare both of them.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, like I stated, there was a project done in Deline where they built log homes as a pilot project. The money was allocated for that. That public housing was moved to a community project where they built log homes to be used as public housing by clients in the community. But this year there's $1 million in place. There's $450,000 more for IHP units for independent housing, and $300,000 is for major repairs to the public housing stock in the community.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Could you just restate, for the record, the last two sentences of your last response? Thank you.