Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would also like to speak in favour of the motion. I don't think that this increase in the tax credit would be the be-all and end-all. I don't think people will look at it and say I think I will move to the Northwest Territories so I can get a tax credit. However, it is one thing in what should be a number of things which could make the cost of living, and living in the North, easier.

Not so long ago, one of the diamond companies decided to forfeit the deduction that they would take from the paycheques of their employees if they flew them from southern Canada to the mine. I think it was $250 for a round trip, but they decided to do away with that. So not only was that a distance end of people to live in the North, that was actually taking northern families, like living in Tlicho communities and work at a diamond mine, they were looking at southern Canada and the suburbs of Edmonton and going, hey, this is cheaper for us to leave the North. Pretty soon, it is not only a matter of attracting to the North, it is trying to keep the people who were born and raised here to live in the North. This is just one small piece in what needs to be done to make living in the North more affordable. I will certainly be in support of it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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