That particular recommendation was made to me by many non-government organizations. There is a perception by the public that the government monopolizes language services. They feel that the Official Languages Act is perceived to be a very good piece of legislation. People appreciate what it was meant to do. What has happened now is that so many human resources and dollars are used by government departments in trying to deliver services. For example, all of the written translation that is done for Dene languages, and nobody can read it, that those people who want to speak their language in the communities have no resources. The government has monopolized so much of that money. I am not saying that from my own point of view. This is what the public has told me to say. Those organizations are extremely frustrated. They feel that there are many things the GNWT is doing with official languages money that is not meeting a need. Some needs are being met and that is great. But we really have to look at how we are allocating the resources. I think that is what this whole issue is about. We have so many dollars and so many people. That is all. Are we really meeting the need?
Mr. Zoe asked me, we didn't seem to have a focus, he said, in the report in the first year. One of our major focuses was research. We wanted to find out what research had been done in all the languages and bringing it together. That is what chapter one is. That was about a year and a half worth of research. We didn't want to just say that languages are dying. We wanted to know what all the studies are that have been done. What information do we have? Since people have now seen this report, many other people have come forward to us and said, we did a study in our own community on fluency and literacy, or in our own region, would you like that information, too? It is more detailed. We did it just with our own people and we know who speaks and to what level. That sort of thing. Now, we know of more research. But, all of the information in chapter one says the languages are declining. We have all of these dollars, all of these human resources, we have an Official Languages Act and we are sliding backwards. That is what the native organizations have said to me. We have all of this money going into all of these official languages, but where are we heading? We are still losing it. That is why their concern is that the government really look closely at how they are using the resources and decide whether or not they are meeting the needs.