Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If I could respond to Mr. Braden's question about the motion...
---Laughter
I'm speaking to the motion, too. My understanding of the motion is that -- if I could, Mr. Chairman -- the GED committee was concerned about having different departments and organizations of the government involved in the same activities as it relates to land
administration. I raised that in my questions to the Minister and he has clearly indicated the specific scope of MACA's involvement in the land administration function.
So the intent, although well meaning, may be somewhat skewed. But that was the intent of the motion, was to have MACA take on more responsibility for trying to ensure that significant land development took place in the communities so that any government department, including the NWT Housing Corporation and any private citizen who wanted to access housing programs under homeownership or things like that, would be able to have access to affordable land. Now we find out that, in fact, the money that the Minister refers to is money to communities for the creation of subdivisions, and drainage, and surveys, and all the things that the Minister indicated, and, in fact, there may not be a duplication of actual activity between what the Housing Corporation is proposing and what MACA does. So having said all that...
The Minister indicated that he could take on a broader role if he had a broader budget, he could expand the mandate. So I think it's probably a bigger issue than just...This would actually be a reassignment of activities and budget, so I think this may be a bigger issue than this motion contemplates. So thank you for your support of the committee's motion.
---Laughter