Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I, too, will be supporting the motion that's before us today. I think it's a step in the right direction. We need to give advantages to our residents and opportunities to our residents to access a pool of money so that if they want to look at energy-efficient upgrades to their home, they have another option. I think it certainly is a step in the right direction, although I would say it may not be enough. The motion calls for a proposal of $5 million with a maximum of $5,000. I would suggest that might be on the low side. If you're doing a major renovation such as siding or insulation work on your house, $5,000 doesn't go too far.
The other point that I wanted to make in supporting the motion is I do hope the government takes this motion seriously. They haven't taken every motion that has come before the House as serious as they probably should, but this one, I do believe, deserves their attention. I wouldn't want to see the government rush out and have to hire 10 people to administer a program like this. I don't think that's necessary. I think we have the wherewithal within our ranks at the Housing Corporation or at BDIC to carry out a program such as the one that's being proposed. I wouldn't
want to see a blank cheque to the government to rush out and hire 10 more people to administer this.
So, Mr. Speaker, again, I do want to say we are on the road, most of us here, a couple of times, north and south to communities. The biggest thing we heard in the communities we went to was the cost of living, the cost of power; that was first and foremost on many residents' minds. This is a direct result of those consultations that Regular Members took in the communities.
So, Mr. Speaker, I will be supporting the motion that's before us today and it is nice to see our work that we've done in the territory come to fruition today with this motion. Mahsi.
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