Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to start with a few specific queries to the Minister's opening statement. It starts off, Madam Chair, right in the third paragraph where the Minister told us that in the coming

fiscal year, the corporation is planning a significant increase in housing delivery, some 185 units, $33 million. A number of them are replacements for public housing; the Supported Lease Program to assist people to become homeowners. These are very much at the core of why we want a successful housing agenda, but, Madam Chair, the statement then goes on to say this ambitious plan is subject to continued support from the federal government in the amount of $50 million over two years.

The report of committee, Madam Chair, specifically highlighted that we are concerned that the Housing Corporation is planning and relying too much on projected plans on the ability or the will of Ottawa to deliver on promises or expectations and that we continue to miss the boat and we continue to not meet the needs of our people because our planning is not solid enough. Madam Chair, if the Housing Corporation is becoming before us to tell us of something as critical to the NWT, something as major as a $33 million investment for 185 housing units but it's still subject to continued support from the federal government, what do I have as a committee member to approve? It's a hope; it's a maybe. I want to know what is the Housing Corporation going to be capable of doing in the coming fiscal year, Madam Chair, not what it hopes to do dependent on the federal government. Thank you.