Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The relationship between the two territories will be primarily between the two Cabinets, the two Premiers and Members of the Legislature. It will require that we have regular meetings, meetings conducted in Nunavut and in the new Western Territory. We have a tremendous amount of issues that we are going to work on together, relationships with Ottawa, how to get Nunavut into the numerous meetings of provinces and territories, ministerial bodies, that the Northwest Territories currently sits on. There are fiscal relations, contract services and issues that are common to both the territories that will require on-going and frequent discussions between the two governments. The process will be one of constant and frequent contact and discussions between our respective senior management. That will probably be an area that we should start working on as soon as possible. Thank you.

Thank you. It is my intention to focus even more energy and commitment on the relationship with Ottawa. It should be a fairly simple matter to get additional monies through our economic initiatives to replace the original Economic Development Agreement. It is not a difficult exercise. We got hung up on this exercise of trying to draft an economic strategy and we have been unable to provide to Ottawa an economic strategy on a timely basis, which is supposed to produce new dollars, badly needed dollars to replace the now defunct Economic Development Agreement monies. You can always look at the budget to see if there are any additional ways to streamline. We know that amalgamation, for instance, was put on hold by this Legislature because we felt we have done enough, but there is work to do with Ottawa and Mr. Martin on the tax window. A way to increase our revenue by increasing the tax window.

We have ways to create additional jobs through pursuing value added activities in the diamond industry which we have been slowly, but methodically developing. Every time we create a job, means there are less people on social assistance. It means two or three more people who do not have to apply for social assistance and take away scarce dollars from that particular envelope. We have to continue to be aggressive in working to create jobs in the oil and gas industry, mining industry, diamond industry, and trying to attract more and more tourists up here because that sector of the economy is the one that benefits Colville Lake and Kakisa as much as it does Yellowknife and Inuvik. It expands right across the territories. People come, they spend their money, they leave. It is incredibly friendly, it does not tax our infrastructure throughout the entire year. We need to increase the amount of dollars that come in from that sector. Those are some of the things that I think we can, and should do and continue to do. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, my question is directed to both candidates. I would like to know what steps are the candidates prepared to take to assure Cabinet performance and compliance with existing contractual policies?

Mr. Chairman. How Cabinet conducts itself and how it goes about its work is fundamentally important to everyone. It is my view that one of the things that can be done almost immediately is to put in place senior staff, for instance, a principal secretary who has a background in law, who would have the respect and confidence of everyone in Cabinet including the Legislature, who would have the confidence and the support of Cabinet to just tell it like it is. If there is something before Cabinet that compels us to review and question the way we resolve this issue, then it should be said, the deputy minister of the Executive. As I was saying, these people are critical. Their advice is critical. They should feel free to offer their views without fear to the Cabinet -- in their view what should the Cabinet do in the best interests of government, in the best interests of the Legislature, in the best interests of the public.

We can look at the way in which Ministers conduct business within their departments so that they are advised, if the way in which they conduct business with their Departments needs some revision, needs some clarification and to assure that deputy ministers, each and every one of them is compelled to conduct business in a way that conforms to government policy as they see it. If they have difficulty with that and they feel Ministers' instructions or direction is getting them to an area where they are not comfortable following, they should feel free to talk to the deputy minister of the Executive, bring it up to the respective Ministers and the Premier, so it can be dealt with, without fear of reprisal, without fear that they may be punished, without fear that they may stand in disfavour of their Ministers. We have to find a way to do that. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, my second question is, again, directed to both candidates. Mr. Chairman, the leadership in the Beaufort Delta Area have identified a shortage of funding for a position which used to be a regional director to coordinate the efforts of all the superintendents in the region. The question is, would the candidates be willing to consider reinstating funding for those types of positions that would be answerable to their office.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It is my view and, in fact, it is in part of my speech. The best parts I did not give this morning. There is a feeling on my part that we need to address the fact that in the more remote regions, say Inuvik, perhaps the Baffin is the same, perhaps the Kitikmeot and Keewatin, although they will deal with those themselves in the new administration being set up now.

I know that in the Sahtu and in the Inuvik region, we desperately need someone, some office to coordinate the information and activities of all the departments. I go back to my region, the Sahtu, and it is impossible for me to know when one person - what the different departments are doing in that region. I have to go to each separate official and ask them. It is just not possible to do that anymore. At one time we would go into Inuvik, and the regional director would meet us and he would be working with the different departments and the superintendents, exactly what was happening in all the communities in each department and the status of projects and activities being conducted at that moment. It is a tremendous amount of work for any Member of the Legislature, or the public, for that matter to get a snapshot, an assessment, a summary of the government's activities in this region. I would feel compelled, to say that I would strongly support the re-establishment of some sort of a position like that. Thank you.