You know, Madam Leader, I want to be assured and I need to feel comfortable that we are not going to balance the budget on the backs of the communities. We are not going to balance the budget on the people who have least. That is my fear here, and this document is part of balancing the budget and is an integrated document. I need to be assured, and I need some level of comfort that when we look at these things we are not looking at things from purely a monetary point of view. Other considerations have to come into the argument. I recognize the difficulties, do not misunderstand me, and I know things are not being run as well. There is no stronger advocate for change than I have been, but our job, and my job -- after waiting 20 years to get this job -- is to make sure that the little guy in Arviat, Whale Cove and Rankin Inlet is protected in a sense, and he is represented in a responsible manner. And I need some assurances that when we look at the changes that are necessary, other arguments besides only monetary ones, and other considerations have to be taken into place. It seems to me that in some of this document, which I will talk to later, there is a preoccupation, if you want, with the need to save money, which is understandable. It is a bit of a contradiction, what I am going to say, but not necessarily taking into consideration the impact it is going to have on the people at the community level. Now, last weekend I got a call, for example, if I may -- and I realize that they perhaps over-reacted -- but the community of Whale Cove absolutely panicked because for some reason they had got some indication that the Northwest Territories --- we were going to close the nursing station and the nurse was going to go bye-bye. Now I do realize it is an over-reaction, but it is symptomatic of the kinds of concerns I have, and it is my responsibility as the MLA for that region to ensure that the interests of the ones who cannot represent themselves are represented. And again I reiterate, my concern here is, recognizing the difficulties we are in, knowing there is a need for change and being supportive of it. And I want to say that today, being supportive of the need for change, other factors have to be taken into consideration.

We have got to ensure that if we are going to amalgamate Health and Social Services, for example, that it is going to deliver a better level of service to the communities. We have to ensure that if we are going to turn over drug and alcohol and public works responsibilities to municipal government, they have the capabilities, they have the manpower, and they have the financial resources to do it. I mean, if we as a government, with the kind of wealth we have had in the past, were unable to do the job well, I am not so sure that unless we put the resources in behind people, that they will be able to do any better. And that is all I am asking for; a kind of approach of caution with some consideration outside of the monetary component which we seem to be totally preoccupied with lately. Thank you.