Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We’ve heard some really good questions from Members on this side of the House today in terms of how we’re trying to address the cost of living in the small communities and all communities across the NWT. We’ve also heard subsidies. Just in terms of heating fuel, this government over the last five years, including this fiscal year, has subsidized public housing units and affordable housing units to the tune of $39 million in heating fuel alone. We have residents out there who pay market rent or who also own their own homes.
I’d like to ask the Minister of Finance, seeing as he does write off on these subsidies, if he’s willing to look at subsidizing specifically homeowners on the high cost of fuel, heating fuel, as well as small business operators. Is he looking at creating some type of subsidy for these individuals who, as one other Minister stated last week, are the backbone of our economy? Thank you.