Thank you, Mr. Chairman. This is just a comment. Given that there is an election year in the Northwest Territories coming up and there won't be a new Assembly in place until late into 1995, my advice to the Minister would be that, while he is firmly in office and while this House is in session, we should try to nail down the commitment to renew an EDA agreement and perhaps get as far as we can with the negotiations. I'm thinking, Mr. Chairman, of getting some reports from the Minister and getting a better understanding of where we are headed in the forthcoming session of the Legislature approving the 1995-96 main estimates.
I guess I'm just a little concerned that in the current fiscal climate, with the uncertainties that are in place, this vital program -- and I think it is vital, even if we have some criticisms about the method of delivery -- should be well in hand while this government is in power and this Legislature is alive and well, so that it doesn't slip between the cracks in the run-up and follow up to the election in the fall of 1995.
Just free advice to the Minister, and I'm sure he's on top of it, that this is a very important program and I would like to see things resolved early on in the final year of this Legislature, lest it get caught up in those funny things that happen around elections next fall. Thank you, very much.