Thank you, Mr. Chair. Affordability is a core need. The Members just moved a motion that the Corporation is to try to work two percent per year to meet the national standards, which are set by CMHC, which address affordability as a core need.

Within Yellowknife, the major issue is affordability, and it has a huge need of people that can't afford. So nationally, the standard is if you're paying more than 30 per cent of your income for your housing needs, you are in core need. At any point, you're at risk of being homeless. So if we ignore people that have a suitable house in that they have enough rooms, that their roof doesn't leak, and we ignore that they aren't making enough money to pay for the market rent that we're charging in the communities, then we're not addressing, in my opinion, the realities of people. So affordability is a core need, and for anyone that has made $10.50 an hour and trying to pay for rent within our community of Yellowknife knows that affordability is a core need. Thank you, Mr. Chair.