Thank you, Madam Chair. Madam Chair, these programs are application based, so some of these elders would need some good quality time to sit down and take the application in English and translate it into Slavey and then have it again translated back to English. I hope that these liaison people who are in the communities would have that type of support from the local district offices in the regions, and then also from headquarters, that these programs need to be filled out properly by the elders and they have to know how these programs run and that there's only so much money

allocated per region, per community, per senior in the communities. In the Sahtu there's 197 seniors who are over 60 years old. Not every senior is going to have access to funding or to these type of programs. That has to be very clearly spelled out to our people. I want just to make that comment to the Minister, Madam Chair.

My last question would have to be on the new mandate in terms of the Minister going out and seeking community input. It's the community that's going to really drive the success of this housing association. You get the community to back you, not just the stakeholders or the staff. To have community members really talk about what they see as a priority in the region and let them know that the funding from the federal government is on the decline now. They're going downhill now with the federal housing initiative and that the Minister would look at an initiative that would involve the community members to really be consulted. Also, as the MLAs could have some input into the housing program. They have a lot of good ideas. We heard that maybe some woodstoves should go into the houses in the communities. They would like that; that kind of initiative to bring wood stoves into the homes. Get them out and active and working. Right now they're sitting and putting the furnace on. I think that's a good initiative we could explore more. You've got to be creative. I'm going to ask the Minister if he would consider something like that, having woodstoves and getting people out there and cutting wood and doing the good things in life. Thank you.