Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'd like to ask that the Minister also -- and, you know, the GNWT's very good at using Bear Net leave, and as MLAs get Bear Net over here, and I'd like to ask that this information be added to an upcoming Bear Net circulation as well.

Mr. Speaker, GNWT employees are not the only NWT workers impact the by severe disasters. People who are self-employed or work for small and medium business who do not have billable or hours worked are going weeks without pay sometimes during these mandatory evacuations that are happening. We heard here earlier today from the Deputy Premier that the GNWT will provide $750 one-time payments to residents. When we look to the south and what's happening in Alberta, Alberta residents are receiving $1,250 per adult and $550 per dependent child when they go seven days of a mandatory evacuation.

One of the concerns that I have is that there is such a high cost of living in the Northwest Territories, and quite often people are evacuated for a week at a time. And to expect residents to be able to pay their bills at even one week is 25 percent of your monthly income. So I'm wondering if, first off, if the Minister is looking at raising that amount to something that is more reflective of the cost of living in the territory; and second, why they have that caveat of seven days of evacuation? Because missing even one or two days of pay is extreme for people in the Northwest Territories. Thank you.