Mr. Speaker, the Department of Public Works and the Housing Corporation have done a great deal this year to use local contractors in communities. There

have been more negotiated contracts in these emerging communities. It has been stated in this House by this government that it is our intention to try to spend more of our money, or as much of our money as possible, in the Northwest Territories and in those communities. We are trying to encourage companies who are working in the Northwest Territories to hire locally. We hope that by doing this there will be an emergence of an economy in some of these smaller communities, but we also recognize, as in Simpson's case, and I think Madam Premier also mentioned Rankin Inlet, that they need a bit of a boost to get over the top, Mr. Speaker, to reach that critical mass it takes to make those communities go. So again, the decentralization policy is playing some part in assisting those communities to get over the hump. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.