Thank you, Madam Chair. Earlier today, the Premier made the comment "what is a life worth," and when we are talking about housing, it's life and death for some people. We all know that. When you go in the communities, whether it's Yellowknife, Hay River, Paulatuk, it does not matter, there are people who may be living on the street. When it's 40 or 50 below outside, we know what could happen. I think, when we are talking about this, that is something we have to keep in mind, as well: what is a life worth? I am reminded of that every day in Hay River when I am there, so it's important.
I want to talk about the RCMP housing, and I mentioned it, that Hay River got a couple of houses. We lost six public housing units, and RCMP housing units were put on the land there. The Housing Corporation has to do something. They have to do what they know, what they are best at, and that should be the delivery of public housing, not trying to get into a market, especially in the market communities where the public sector could do that. We need to concentrate on delivery of public housing units to the people who need it. This here, the RCMP housing, is an example, and to me it was a wrong move. It should have been a private sector project. I just want to make that comment. It's too late now, anyway, so we will just move on from that.
We talked about the family support centre in Hay River, and we have met with them a few times. They are getting frustrated, as well. They have been without their own building for a number of years now, and they may end up losing the building that they are in. Again, we are talking about people's lives. There could be people on the street. They are going after the co-investment dollars, so we have got to find a way again to make this happen. There is still confusion out there. It just amazes me that, after two years, there is still confusion on how to proceed with the application, with what is the process. If they are confused on the ground, I suspect that the department is somewhat confused with it, as well. I am kind of hoping that that gets straightened out, and that is why it's important that we have people who are working on that file constantly.
We talk about, "We are going to hire somebody; we are going to advertise; we are going to do this and that." There have got to be people within the organization that we can move or back-fill or whatever. Let's just get out there. It's something we have control of, something we can make happen. I would just like to get a commitment from the Minister, that this is going to happen sooner than later and that we are going to have a complement of people who can do the job and get out and assist the organizations, non-profits, whoever, who are trying to access those dollars. Thank you, Madam Chair.