Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to direct my question to the Minister of Finance with regard to the funding arrangements to municipalities, as opposed to the boards of education. One of the things that was in the Beatty report, Mr. Speaker, stated that most experts around the world agree a quality improvement would result from simplification, and streamlining often leads to large cost reductions. It also says that some people have trouble accepting this, especially in the Northwest Territories.
My question is, Mr. Speaker, in his response the Minister of Finance indicated that doing it on a monthly basis saves money. I just cannot accept that either; that is what I am saying. The point is that if you have 12 pay cheques you need someone to make those 12 cheques, as opposed to making four cheques. You use more paper, and you use more time to do the cheques, if we do 12 as opposed to four. I do not know what the Minister means when he says that doing it on a 12-month basis is a lot cheaper than doing it on a quarterly basis. I would think that doing it on a quarterly basis saves more money, but I stand to be corrected. I would like to ask the Minister exactly how, in his opinion, delivering 12 pay cheques, as opposed to four, is saving money.