Thank you, Madam Chair. I just have a couple comments in the general comments area. The first one is I’d like to know what the Housing Corporation is doing to combat obviously all the pressure we have with seniors, the aging population we have in the Northwest Territories and how many units we’re expecting to build for seniors, how much we’re expecting the seniors to stay in their own homes, maybe seniors programs to assist in that area. I guess I’d like to get a little update on what we’re doing.

We know some of the pressures that are coming over the next five or 10 years with the aging population of the Northwest Territories and what we’re doing to assist in that pressure.

The other area, and I’ve talked to the department about it a little bit, is the centralization purchasing or the use of shared procurement. We’ve had some concerns from local providers of goods and products and services and the fact that we’re using shared services. I guess I’ve been hearing that there have been some difficulties in that process. There’s a little bit of a disconnect between the LHO and the supplier of the products and when the products are coming in.

The other area of concern is if BIP is being extended to the LHO, where LHOs are able to go south without having to use BIP? I’ve even heard stories of some LHOs getting

together and hiring a southern purchaser to buy stuff directly from the South and not following BIP. My understanding of BIP is if you’re funded by the government and you’re over 50 percent, you should be following BIP as well.

Those are a couple of the main areas that have come up more recently. I’d like to see what the Minister and department have to say about them. Thank you.