Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Today I just want to talk about the great elders' facility in Deninu Kue. Currently, there are no elders living in the main building that is designed to accommodate up to four residents or elders. The community is well aware that this facility is

not a long-term care facility, but they do support the options proposed in the review of the memorandum of understanding and the possibility of the reprofiling of a facility to better meet the needs of the community.

Mr. Speaker, the issues brought to the Minister's attention about the proposed uses of the facility are not issues that are specifically related to the need to have the facility full of seniors at all times, but these concerns are just about the management and the authority, or lack thereof, of the community organizations respecting the use of the building. One of the main concerns is the fact that the Housing Corporation that owns the great elders' main building or the facility in Fort Resolution has more say than any other community organization when it comes to what the allowable uses of the facility are and could be. I don't think that the Housing Corporation consults with the Deninu Kue First Nations or Fort Resolution's Metis Nation, the Deninu Community Council or any residents when receiving requests from these organizations and residents alike on possible uses or even temporary ones.

The requests such as having wakes for deceased residents and elders and their relatives held within the main building or perhaps providing temporary shelter to victims of domestic abuse within the community. Also, temporary residents for possibly the homeless or some seniors who are still living at home but are waiting for emergency home repairs. These are just some of the ideas that always seem to fall on deaf ears, Mr. Speaker, when they are brought to the proper authorities to seek permission and gain access to the building, which, in turn, always results in residents becoming frustrated with protocol and with the lack of compassion shown by this government and its officials toward community requests to use the main facility, which is usually empty, Mr. Speaker.

Mr. Speaker, the next Health and Social Services...