Thank you, Madam Speaker. Most people who listened to the Finance Minister's budget speech yesterday were struck by the fact that probably a lot more was unsaid than was said. One of the things that was highlighted was the fact that they are going to reorganize the military, reduce it and eliminate racism. One of the good pieces of news in that budget address was that a whole squadron of twin otter planes would be located right here in Yellowknife. Many of us for years have said -- especially my friend Mr. Whitford -- that safety and rescue in this part of the world should be given a far higher priority than it is, with the expectation that there will be a lot of activity in this part of the world over the next several years.

This should be considered a welcome move that we have now 160 people moving into the city to replace all of those people that our government has decided should work somewhere else. It is good news for this community because when we listened to the speech yesterday, no one could see anything good in it. But for this city, there is a lot of good and it is very welcome news.