Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the area of arrears is a troubling one. Again, it is not just aboriginal people in communities. That has been one of the issues from one of the communities, is the fact that aboriginal people in that community should not have to pay taxes, but quite clearly, within our act and the fact that that community is not on a reserve, the Taxation Act applies to each citizen in that community. We have aboriginal people in that community paying taxes as well. The issue is, should we act on it? We should be following our act. In fact, it should have stepped in many years ago and initiated the process that is there, and that is to recover the losses.
In municipalities where there is a taxation authority existing already, that does happen. When communities do not receive their property taxes, they put that property up for sale after giving the owner due notice. We have been trying to work with the communities. The table there has been left open. Quite clearly, the last correspondence with Minister McLeod in that area has been informing the fact that the act applies and that the GNWT does have that authority to work through that area. Of course, we hope to come up with a solution with the individual taxpayers. That is the preferable route we would like to go. Thank you.