Certainly if there is anything that you can do with your counterparts, Mr. Minister, to let the federal government know the importance of their support. You talked about the energy-efficient homes that we want in the Northwest Territories. That means working with your other colleagues in government here to put these types of houses in our communities. I hope you have luck with the president coming to the North. Certainly we welcome him to look at some of the homes that we have in our communities, in Colville Lake to look at some of the situations that people have to live there. He may have a little more sympathetic heart there to look at ways they could support us.

At the same time, we are educating our people, the true meaning of home ownership in terms of taking care of their homes. We really are in a trap to not depend on the government so much to change a light bulb for us or have things done for us if we are in homes. There is a lot of work to do. I hope we will work with the other departments and that there is a new program that comes out on being truly self-reliant. That is one of our goals. People who do own their own homes know that it costs a lot of money to maintain it, to fix the pipes or fix the washroom facilities or the furnace. They are unable to pick up the phone to call Housing. You have to call the contractor. Sometimes the contractor is

another community away, or the parts, materials and supplies are here in Yellowknife or Inuvik or the Wells. It costs a lot of money. It really makes you think about how easy it is for people who live in some of these housing units to operate. I am going to leave it at that and let the Minister respond briefly.