Thank you Mr. Speaker. I am still waiting until tomorrow to make a statement about the "New Directions" statement that the Government Leader made just a few minutes ago. I would like to spend just a couple of minutes in response to what she had to say to us.
Also, I would like to point out, Mr. Speaker, that although we do have a community that was based on gold and gold mining and so on, that the price of gold has been depressed for some time now, and that very few people are optimistic about new mines opening up in the future. Though the Minister has made some moves to decentralize -- and I agree with her that there are some things which obviously can be done just as well somewhere else - I would not want her to paint a picture of Yellowknife which does not conform to the facts because this community is also hurting. There are many people who are suffering in this very deep recession that we have gone through. I would like to correct the facts. Thank you Mr. Speaker.