(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I have a brief comment and concern. This is not the first time. This is not the first time that it has been brought up. It is with respect to hamlets being in a deficit positions and how they try to pay off the deficits. In the past, some hamlets got into a deficit situation not realizing it. There are two communities that were trying to pay off their deficits. I am sure the deficits are not as much as they were in the beginning.

On October 19th, I was given letters from Arctic Bay with respect to audits that were done in Iqaluit. Recently, in March 1994, the deficits that were audited had mistakes in them. When the audit was done, they realized there was a mistake in the audit. Following the audit, the community realized that the year before, the deficit was higher. When they received correspondence from Iqaluit, they were told there was no deficit the year before.

The hamlets are going through a hard time trying to pay off their deficits. To top it off, they got a letter from headquarters or the regional office saying that they owe more money. I am sure this happens in other communities, not only in Arctic Bay. I would like to have this matter checked into. Perhaps they could check and see which audit was correct. I would like to have some clarification on this matter. If there was a mistake, that would be very unfortunate when the hamlets are going through hard times trying to pay off deficits. If this isn't correct, it is unfortunate for the community. If there is no deficit, that's good. But if there is a mistake, the matter should be dealt with. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.