Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With regard to the last paragraph with regard to the report itself, it indicates, "Many people will argue that cost and quality of service to the public is an inevitable trade-off. It is the conclusion of the project group that this is not the case. Productivity and organization experts around the world agree that quality improvement which results from simplification and streamlining often leads to large cost reductions. In the GNWT, as restraint/consolidation/ simplification become the required beacons of management, it is important to emphasize improvement in quality of service to the public as you promote cost-containment. Some people will have trouble accepting this..." I would like to ask the Government Leader if she could explain what is meant by that.
My interpretation is that simplifying would mean there would be a reduction in the amount of red tape a person may have to go through. And it would also lead to a cost reduction. So the intention here is that you deliver a program to the communities and you allow the dollars to go with that program; that means there is going to be someone that is going to be out of a job, maybe in the Finance Department and also the Social Services office, for example. And then the communities would use the Social Assistance Act to administer social assistance. Am I on the right track?