Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to discuss an item that needs serious consideration. Although we will be looking at Business Plans during the following week, and looking at more reductions, I think we need, at times, to look at what we are doing, as a Government. Are we focusing on the quality of life for the people of the NWT, or are we focusing on numbers? As ordinary MLA's are we looking at what we will have set up in the communities, or what we would like to say we are going to do?
We need to focus on what is realistic and what is a goal. We have many goals, Mr. Speaker, but only a few are realistic. As I attended a meeting in my constituency over the past weekend, I know a lot of people are concerned with the future. They understand that things have to change and most understand that reduction is going to occur. They are concerned with how those reductions are going to occur. Well, I think at the same time, we need to send a message out to the people that in the future there are opportunities, and we need to point out what we are doing that is good for the people, not only what is bad.
As I said before, change, good or bad, brings stress, and nobody likes to deal with that side of change. Mr. Speaker, I think, as all Members of this Assembly, we need to give a more positive message out there, what we are doing is for the benefit, of not only the generation today, but of the generations to come. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.