Thank you, Mr. Chair. If I can use Colville Lake, a family of four, as an example of our food increases projected over the next four years, moving from $1,061 today to $1,435 April 1st ;

$1,744 April 1, 2016, and ending in ‘17-18 at $1,996. That is just the food allowance for a family of four, reflective of the actual cost of food in Colville.

The clothing allowance will move from $226 currently for a family of four up to $293. The incidental allowance over the four years will move from $129 for a family of four in Colville Lake to $229 for a family of four in Colville Lake.

The way we have implemented increasing the food allowances across the Territories by every community was a different distance from a true market basket measure, and so we have moved the communities that are farthest away from a true market basket measure up quicker than those that are closer to the market basket measure. Colville is a good example of a community that was farthest away and we are moving it closer at a quicker pace than other communities, but we can provide all the communities and all the changes at all the communities in all the different areas for the Member. Thank you.