Very quickly, Mr. Chairman, I will advise the government of some of the concerns. The main concern was the fact that there have been priorities set for restructuring government, both moving the POL, to the NWT Power Corporation and consolidating the departments of Health and Social Services, as well as the remaining programs under the Department of Government Services being under the Department of Public Works.
We are not saying as a committee that we disagree with what the government is doing, and we do not want to get involved in the details of government decision-making, but we have concerns with respect to the process of implementation. What we want to know is, where are we allowed to express our views on the "Strength at Two Levels" report to indicate to the government what is acceptable and what is not acceptable with respect to the recommendations to be implemented?
Also, we would like to indicate to the government that with these implementations we would like to see some type of strategy formulated. We recognize the Government Leader's intention is to try to allow us to be involved in the process of recommending forms of action; however, it appears that the opportunity is not there and is not available for the Members. They are somewhat concerned about it.
With that, Mr. Chairman, I would like to leave the opportunity for Members to be able to discuss their concerns with respect to the Minister's statement, "Living Within Our Means," and their concerns with respect to "Strength at Two Levels." Thank you.