Mr. Speaker, I guess it is an opinion on what discontent is and what accelerated questions are or if we are just people wanting to know what is going on. I do not like to phrase it as discontent. Certain things happen. People are not supportive of it. I just do not feel that we can always frame it in one word. I believe that much of the problem that we are having is that we just do not have the financial resources we once had. There is a lot of fear out there that one area will get something over another area. I know that is fundamental and people are struggling to represent their communities and deliver projects, programs, employment and training and academic excellence to communities.
We hear not only from this Legislative Assembly, but all across Canada, in all parts of the world, including the United States of America, which is the richest nation in the world, about financial problems.
Inherently people have that fear. There is a lot of pressure put on the ordinary M.L.A.'s. People are asking how much is going to go, where are we going to end up, are we going to get the things that we wanted and were planned for? I think all that pressure is on every one of us. Out of that there will be more and more pressure on the Cabinet to deliver and try to retain that standard, and that pressure is shown here, in Yellowknife, which is the capital city of the Northwest Territories at this time. That puts a certain amount of pressure on people too, because it has had a certain standard and it has been recognized and it has a certain amount of affluence. All those things are inherent in what you could call discontent.
While this is going on, we are trying as a Cabinet with the Legislative Assembly to organize this government so that the bureaucracy does not suck up all the resources. There is not any financial possibility of doing programs or projects. All those are inherent, I do not know whether we can blame it on one thing. Certainly, trying to change a bureaucratic structure and keep everybody happy is almost an impossibility, but when I spoke to you at the leadership meeting, I did indicate that I would try to do that. There are risks in doing that and I recognize them.
We have not concluded all the consolidations, we have not concluded all the recommendations in terms of restructuring the financial area. The Government of the Northwest Territories is on top of the "Strength of Two Levels" report, on top of the identification of the "Reshaping Northern Government" and on top of the recommendations of the Standing Committee on Public Accounts that we must do to legitimize that we are looking after our financial resources. There is a lot of pressure and it comes from all over the place and of course it is going to be represented in this House. Thank you.