Mr. Chairman, I do not think the Minister understood my question. I realize the issue of alcohol is a priority within the department. However, my question was not to ask if it was a priority or not, I know it is a priority. In your own department you have certain priorities. When you priorize those priorities why is the alcohol issue not rated? For instance, if there are ten priorities which you are dealing with, within those ten how high would you place the alcohol issue? Is it a top priority or at the bottom? The people who are meeting at the conference are saying, "Why is the department not placing this issue as one of its priorities within the department?" I am asking the Minister, is it a highly placed priority within the department or is it just a priority as the Minister has suggested? I want to find out if it is one of the top priorities within the department. If it is one of the higher priorities within the department then surely the Minister can bring that issue and try to make it the government's overall priority, instead of just being a departmental priority.
Our government's first priority, if I recall correctly, is housing, secondly is education and thirdly is economic development. Those are the three top priorities for our government. I am suggesting this issue, because it has a ripple effect on almost everything we do, in terms of education, housing and economic development, become a top priority. The people at the conference are saying this is such a large problem, why is it not a priority for the overall government, not only a priority within the department but that it should be made a government-wide priority. That is why I am questioning the Minister to see why the department is not placing it at the highest level of priorities. That is all I am asking. I am asking for it to be placed as one of the top priorities for her department and perhaps try to convince the other seven on that side of the House to support you to make it a government-wide priority, a number one priority. It does have ripple effects on housing, education, economic development, et cetera. That is why those people at the conference are asking why the department is not pushing this as the number one priority. They are questioning us and I would like to hear from the department why they are not placing this issue at the highest level of priority within the department or the government as a whole.