Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, when I said that I hoped that some time in the summer we would have a plan, I suggest that then we will go to the carriers. I have promised all the carriers I have spoken to and I've promised MLAs in this House that we will not make another move after coming up with how the boards and the Department of Health want to handle this, without sitting down and talking to the carriers.
All carriers in the Northwest Territories, as far as I'm concerned, will be eligible to come to a meeting and discuss with me what we are trying to do. They may want to suggest to us some of the ways they could support each other if we are going to go on this regional basis, simply because there will be times when there won't be enough aircraft in a region. After having talked to the carriers about the logistics and the standards that we are asking for in aircraft, then I would suggest to the carriers that they may want to make recommendations on a process to acquire those services from northern companies.
Mr. Chairman, I may not take their recommendations, but as they are the transportation specialists, it would be only right to give them a chance to say collectively what they would propose to meet our objectives and to feel they're being treated fairly in the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.