Thank you, Madam Chair. I want to go back to the National Housing Co-Investment Fund. It's controlled by the Government of Canada, the fund. We are always going back to that: there is $60 million there; there is the co-investment fund, and 25 percent is all you've got to put in. If the Government of the Northwest Territories is really, seriously thinking of closing the gap on housing in the Northwest Territories, $16.5 million is not a bad investment to make sure that we all get equal access to housing in the Northwest Territories and putting the money in so that the $60 million can be controlled by this government. I think that thinking out of the box is about time. I think that we have to start realizing that there are other ways of killing the cat when it comes to housing. That's our biggest issue as Members in this House on both sides of the House.

I think that, with all due respect to the housing department -- it's easy to say, "We're going to go through this." What is one retrofit in Fort Smith going to do for the community of Fort Smith? Yes, we do have a partnership with Salt River First Nation. I initiated that program, but there's not only Salt River in Fort Smith; there is the Fort Smith Metis Nation; there is the community at large. We have a community that needs housing. Using this co-investment fund as an answer every time without doing anything about it and taking it seriously and getting it into our control is not okay.

It's unacceptable for a government to have all this money sitting there, $16.5 million, and that will solve most of the problems. Instead, we're nitpicking of who gets what and who plays with what. We do play a game here. It's almost like a big dartboard. We're throwing darts, and we're seeing who is going to get this today. One retrofit? It sounds really unbelievable how this works. I'm not used to thinking in those terms. As a businessperson and a person who has done some amazing things with the community, not only of Salt River but the community of Fort Smith, to listen to people at this level talk in those circumstances is unbelievable.

I think the bigger picture for all the Northwest Territories, and we're talking about vulnerable people here, I don't care what colour or race or whatever they are. Most of them will be Indigenous, but there are all vulnerable people from all races. It just gets to me that I have to look at page 66 again just to remind myself. I should have brought a magnifying glass to see exactly what I had there: one retrofit. It's really unbelievable. I would like the Minister to make a commitment like one of my other colleagues says and go to the financial management board and ask for this $16.5 million, get this money into our control, and start looking after the people of the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Madam.