Thank you. Any further questions? Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Again, I just want to just briefly talk about the way the guys line yourself up here in the -- on page 332, in regional allocation. You know, the Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh riding itself has four communities which is Dettah, N'dilo, Lutselk'e, and Fort Resolution. And in here on the allocation, maybe if you could maybe help explain the allocation of North Slave region, you got five positions. Can you tell me where those five positions are for the North Slave region? Thank you.

Thank you, Member. Minister of MACA.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yellowknife and Behchoko. But as the Member is saying, Fort Res also is served out of the South Slave as well. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And so I take it that there's no positions in N'dilo and Dettah. Also going back to the South Slave region now, they got nine positions. How many of those positions are in Fort Resolution and Lutselk'e? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

Thank you. The positions are in Fort Smith. That's where the regional office is. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Okay, thank you, Madam Chair. I guess, you know, the position that I hold, again I mentioned, is that it's the Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh riding, and it's funny, you know, in all those government documents in front of me here on the budget for this fiscal year, it doesn't make no reference to the Wiilideh riding. And so I just want to know maybe will there be, in the Minister's plan, to start looking at how we're going to start moving out Dettah-N'dilo out of the North Slave region and also Fort Resolution and Lutselk'e out of South Slave region and start having its own region? Because when I read this, it's really skewed because it says that we got all these positions but there's nothing in our communities. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

Thank you. So right now the regions are set up as a template through Department of Finance, and these are the regions that we utilize. Thank you. And report back on. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Thank you, Madam Chair. So then can the Minister make a commitment to start working with the Department of Finance, and also the Premier's office, to start looking at how we could get this right because when I look at this budget, there's really nothing there for our communities and regions. And so I just want to see if the Minister can make a commitment on that? Thank you.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

Thank you. I can't make a commitment that's government collective. But, I mean, I'm more than willing to have those conversations with the Minister of Finance on how we can move forward if it's possible. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Thank you, Madam Chairman. Also, I'm just thinking under the page 336 of this document, it talks about community planning and in it there's a budget, and it doesn't really look very much in there, but overall I just want to say that, you know, I was the chief for the Yellowknives Dene First Nation from 1999 to 2003. And we put in plans already for the community for lot development in N'dilo and also in Dettah. And in Fort Resolution, they have their plans and Lutselk'e. But there's really no new lot development in our four communities. I'm just wondering when can the department start working with the community, Indigenous governments to start looking at coming up with some plans so that -- because when we talk -- it's in the GNWT mandate to look at housing but then I take a look at the Yellowknives Dene First Nation housing strategy, there's no lots available to build houses so that's why there's no new construction in our communities. So I'm not sure if -- how we could try and get those things sorted out. Can the Minister maybe briefly talk about that? Mahsi.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

Thank you. So we do have a community planner available to help work with the communities on it. The communities have gas tax and capital money that they can actually build their own lots and develop their own lots. We're more than willing to have our staff work with them to help them develop this process. And, again, they do have money that they can do that with. Thank you.

Thank you. Member for Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh.

Okay, thank you, Madam Chair. I think that's good that -- if they're willing to make themselves available. It's just that, you know, the monies that they're looking to planning for lot development, I'm not sure really where in the capital plan where the money's going to come from. Say if we had a plan come up in three years, say we were to do N'dilo and Dettah for example, where in this budget is it going to come out from, because right now on the planning we're only talking $177,000. Would that be coming under infrastructure or something like that? Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you. Minister of MACA.

Thank you. So it's in the capital budget that we provide the money to the communities, and the communities make the decisions on how they're going to spend that capital funding. Thank you.