Mahsi. I note that in people sentenced to federal custody -- these are normally people sentenced to two years plus -- if you take an average of each two years, it shows that we have at least 40 to 60 people in our federal penitentiaries in any given year.

Another statistic I find interesting is our average personal incomes, and I note that the highest average incomes seem to be in the regional centres, but the highest average incomes are earned by people living in two, what I deemed, single resource communities. Nanisivik is the highest with an average income of $53,505, and in Norman Wells, where it is $40,168.

Another fact is the consumer price index, and I note that, from January to November of 1993, in all categories that the consumer price index is divided into, there have been increases across the north. More significantly, in Yellowknife, the highest increases occurred in the city of Yellowknife in all categories.

Finally, one that I find really interesting is the category on drivers' licenses, and this was the number of licenses issued in the Northwest Territories. In 1985-86, there were 25,057 licenses issued, but the next year, in 1986-87, there were only 14,054 licenses issued. Similarly, in 1989-90, there were 18,287 licenses issued, and in 1990-91, we dropped down to 13,465. I am sure there are good reasons for this, but I don't think we had an out-migration of people in the territories because I checked the statistics on migration and nobody seemed to have left the territories in those numbers.

The point I wish to make is that statistics are nice, it is a nice, fancy document that is printed, but I think when we print documents like this, there should be qualifications and some explanations of why some of these numbers are there and why there are some significant changes, because it raises a lot of questions, a lot of unnecessary questions, and it would probably prevent people like me from standing up and speaking about them. Mahsi.

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