Mr. Chairman, with regard to the tourism training aspect of the cutbacks from the federal government, we have been expressing our displeasure in this regard. They have told us that some of it has gone to pathways, and of course, this is a community administered program, so some of these things may be addressed through pathways. As far as being able to take up the stack of all of the cutbacks which the federal government is passing down to us or down to the people of the Northwest Territories, we are unable to do that, Mr. Chairman. I have to be quite frank about this.
Mr. Chairman, what we have to do is make better use of our dollars and encourage the federal government to allow us to make better use of their dollars that they have available. This is one of do things we are working on right now. Whereas, and I know I have said this before, and I have been laughed at for it, our turn around time is relatively fast when you compare the turn around time for contribution agreements from the federal government, whether it is CAEDS or some other program. We are trying to work with the federal government to say if we bring these things together at the same time, then people can get on with businesses a lot faster. We are not able to replace the dollars which the federal government is cutting back, but we certainly are trying to make better use of the dollars we have and the ones that they have.
The other area is there is going to be a closure of some federal offices in the latest round of cutbacks. I have discussed with Mr. Siddon's office whether or not the Government of the Northwest Territories could deliver those programs on behalf of the federal government. I have not heard back on that one, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.