Mahsi Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe the Minister and the Corporation know of the lack of available lands within the communities that actually -- the lands that actually belong to First Nations. Thus the great possibility of paying land leases on top of the many other bills one will be saddled with.

I'm dismayed with what I would term as pulling the wool over the eyes of the First Nations organizations by rushing the initiative in such a very short timeframe to submit an application - from November 18th to the end of December. I don't know if there was real lot of thought given to those from the First Nations perspective because many of them did not submit applications.

I'm just wondering what has the Housing Corporation done to ensure First Nations were screened properly as per the criteria set out before funding was released to the applicants? Mahsi.