(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I agree with the idea that we should not support an extra Minister's position at this time. My reasons being that we will have to go back to our constituencies and the people who we represent to consult them, as to how they view this concern. We are told about the deficit possibly ranging in the $100 million mark. We should find out from our people directly as to which programs and services they think we should cut if we have to do some cutting, keeping in mind that some people are also on welfare. Let us go back to our communities and find out what they think we should cut. Once we get this information from our communities, we would be in a better position to make adecision.

We should stay with the status quo. Once we leave for our communities, we can talk about these concerns with our people. Then we can discuss them again either in January or February, when we meet again. Thank you.