Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are to the Minister responsible for the NWT Housing Corporation in regards to the affordable housing initiative. I know we're in the eighth month of the first year of this initiative and I just wanted to ask the Minister about the economic sustainability to our communities with the whole affordable housing initiative and how vital it is to the economic sustainability. Out of the $33 million that's going to go into the year one for the 170 homeownership and public housing dwellings that the Housing Corp is intending to put on the ground in the next six months I hope, what process has been put out there so far with respect to getting as much of that $100 million or the initial $33 million put back into the northern economy? Is there
any priority to ensure that northern suppliers of materials and construction outfits are given the highest priority when it comes to actually putting these units on the ground? Is it northern-based, or is this going to be all going south? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.