Finance committee  As mentioned, at our last point-in-time count we had 338 individuals who identified as homeless. That's men, women and children, families. We have a Housing First program. We receive funding from the federal government. We appreciate that. Thank you very much. There are approximately 24 units, and we have 100 people on the waiting list.

Finance committee  We created a whole handout for the committee as well as all government staff to look at, because there are some unique challenges to funding and operating in the north. There is stuff about flexibility of timing. Some of these smaller communities, like Coville Lake or the community of Lutselk'e, are only accessed during the winter, with winter roads, or they only have a barge.

Finance committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair. As mentioned, my name is Rebecca Alty. I'm the vice-president of the NWT Association of Communities, and I'm joined today by Sara Brown who is the CEO for the NWT Association of Communities. We're here on behalf of the 33 communities in the Northwest Territories.