Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm not sure I can satisfy the honourable Member today. All I can say is that I believe what we have done initially -- and the honourable Member should realize this -- is we created two colleges on January 1st of this year. What is absent from both colleges is a corporate plan that identifies the direction that the colleges will be taking. Based on a college plan, we will be able to better address some of the concerns the honourable Member has mentioned. There is significant fairness in the way we have tried to address the whole issue of distributing the resources. I can say that I am not going to stand up here today and say we are going to move staff because that would be irresponsible. The Member showed me the opportunities that were in Iqaluit, at least in terms of a long-term trades program. I don't have to be convinced of that element.
Just so that we are clear, if the issue is simply equality of the distribution of resources, one has to look through the system totally. It isn't good enough to say we look at the trades program. We have to look at the issue of distribution of resources based on population, if that is the way you want to do it in terms of being fair to the students you serve. But I don't think that is the way we should do it. I think that distribution should be based on delivering the best programs to the people we are serving. I think the honourable Member would say the same thing.
In that sense, the corporate plan will help us. I think the comments the Member has raised with regard to the trades issue are legitimate. We can do a better job with that and we will work to respond as quickly as we can to the concerns the honourable Member has raised. As far as I know, the College West and College East boards of governors have been very positive and very responsive in their relationship with each other, as well as in terms of working with us. We are prepared to work to try to address these particular issues and the concerns the honourable Member has raised. It needs some time and it may not happen immediately, but the corporate plan will address some of those issues. We will be able to respond more to the issues the Member has raised.