I was at the same meeting, so I understand the ask from SideDoor for additional funding. I have recently communicated to SideDoor and asked them for more information about their revenue. Because during the meeting they suggested that their revenue is much larger than some of the NGOs that I know of who provide youth services. I appreciate that all of the youth shelters and youth programs in the North are not funded as much as they would like. At the same time, the $100,000 that we provide for SideDoor is larger than any funding we provide to any youth centre for a day programming or otherwise. It is, in fact, larger than the money we provide to most shelters, I believe.

I could say that I will commit to the Member that I will discuss with the officials again if it is at all possible to find anything else. But, as it stands now, I am being asked by every NGO, whether it be the Centre for Northern Families, YWCA, Inuvik Shelter in Inuvik and many other youth centres all around the Territories asking for extra money. We do actually have to work hard to keep that $100,000 funding for SideDoor. Sally Ann just recently met

with me last week asking for more money. It is just the demands are much higher than the supply. Thank you.