Madam Chair, of the 16 positions that we increased, those are lands people and also technical people. In terms of the land, this issue is one that we are working with MACA on. It's a critical one. If we
don't have land, we don't have houses. While it might be possible to get some people from the private sector, I don't think there is that kind of expertise out in the private sector to be able to do that for us at the same kind of price we can do it ourselves.
On the technical side, again as we have heard other Members mention, we are often frustrated because the private sector is so busy in some regions, it's very difficult to find people who can take this on and do it on a timely basis. So some Members are asking us to take more staff or do more training.
Then the final point is these positions are tied very much to the affordable housing initiative, so they are not indeterminate positions. As we flow through this, our intention is once the land issues are dealt with and we no longer need people, then the positions would disappear. Regarding the technical positions, my own feeling is that we need to have the technical staff and we will continue to need more technical people out in the region at least until our economy slows down to the point that the private sector can once again handle this for us. Thank you.