Mr. Speaker, the board has the capability to audit these very companies that the Member refers to, to ensure that they pay their share of assessments for their sometimes fleeting term of operation in the Northwest Territories and I am informed by the board that the person or persons engaged in this area earned their salary many times over by finding and pursuing these transient operators.

Mr. Speaker, one of the reasons, for better or for worse, that many of the employees on compensation do not reside in the Northwest Territories is that the cost of living is cheaper in the south and they can make their compensation and their pensions go further.

One way of possibly addressing that matter and perhaps providing more of a benefit to the economy of the Northwest Territories, would be to look at a two-tier YMIR such that there would be a rate paid for workers on compensation who are living in the north and a different and a lesser rate paid to those who are residing in the south. Whether this would generate savings overall is not clear but it is an option that should be examined and it would address the concern the Member expressed. I think that this is something that should be looked at in the context of the legislative review being proposed.