Mr. Chairman, I was not going to dwell on the point and I do not want the Minister to come in defence in regard to the comments I made, but the point I would like to make to the Minister is that he has to bring forth to the cabinet, in respect to this whole budget, the fact that this budget, particularly out of his total budget of $4.5 million, $1.8 million is being used for office renovations, regardless of who it is going to. And $1.8 million is serving civil servants which is depriving the ability of funding to be released so that programs can be addressed and concerns can be addressed in the Territories.
I think that is the point I want. I know the Minister is responsible for delivering services on behalf of all other departments; I recognize that and I recognize that it is not his budget alone, that it is on behalf of the total government departments that he wants to address these concerns. But I think the concern has to be expressed to cabinet, the fact that if we are going to go out and tell people of the North there is no money, I think at the same time we have to practise as a government and government offices have to make every effort to practise that there is no money and they just have to leave with the walls they currently have. I think it is critical that that concern be addressed, and just to renovate because you have a budget amount allocated should not be entertained as readily as it used to be. That is the specific point I want to make.