Mr. Chairman, I wanted to state that probably the majority of our deficit is going to be determined on whether or not this offloading from the federal government is going to have to be absorbed by the territorial government. If we have to absorb it, we are going to be quite surprised as to the amount of the deficit we will be in. At the same time, since we have transferred over health, there have been many concerns with respect to regional health boards. They have been wrestling with the government saying, "Who has the responsibility to deliver health?" The regional health boards basically say, "We have the responsibility to deliver health." The Department of Health states, "We give you the money to deliver health, but at the same time you should be able to exercise your authority and responsibility providing you stay within our guidelines." At the same time we are telling them that we want to devolve all this responsibility to the communities, but we put such rigid guidelines on them that it is difficult for them to exercise their authority accordingly. That is a problem that has to be identified with the special committee, the clarity of lines of authority and responsibilities. I think that is one key area, and I indicated that to the mover that that has to be stressed.

I do want to advise Members that it is not my intent to vote against the formulation of a special committee on health and social services. There are major concerns that have to be looked at, and I do not think it is fair that we should expect one Minister to be able to address all those concerns, and I do not think the Minister should look at this as an area of non-confidence in his abilities to do his job. He should welcome it, that we are trying to assist him to be able to do his job a lot easier. With that, Mr. Chairman, I would like to conclude my remarks and just basically indicate to this House clarification on some of the concerns that I have had with respect to the mover of the motion, on some of the comments he made particularly with respect to the Department of Social Services and the formulation of this special committee on health and social services. Thank you.