Yes. I should clarify my comments on fairness. I was mainly addressing that to Mr. Picco, and questioning the fairness, not suggesting that it was. So I think that is important to say that. I think it would be fair to say that in some of the work that we have done, that some communities have benefited more than others. It would be fair to say that under the old system, the one prior to this time, that where there was ample moneys, that perhaps that old saying, the squeaky wheel may have got the grease.
But under the previous regime, where Ms. Cournoyea was the Premier, she instituted a system which I believed and the new Premier followed up with it, was more fair than it was before. And that was discussions with the communities to determine the priorities, to bring them forward, this is under the old previous government, to bring them forward to cabinet. Some effort was made to have an organized plan to do certain things.
Under the new system, which was brought in this year, with this Assembly, the committee structure was brought forward, and I believe there was a genuine, and is a genuine attempt to involve more of the MLAs in the process of trying to allocate capital dollars.
In any situation like this, I am going to say again, that the reality is that with less dollars, we can do less. And by doing less in a time of restraint, not everybody is going to be happy all the time. I guess that is the only way I can answer this.
Mr. Krutko's comments about trying to put a mechanism in place that protects, if you want, where capital dollars are allocated, and reduces the flexibility, if you want, of Ministers right now, I am prepared to look at that. I cannot answer that today. Certainly, we would be prepared to look at that. Again, I am a little concerned that we need to ensure that Ministers have got maximum flexibility to meet the targets that we have set for the coming year, and have a plan in place for the following year. Because I want to remind everybody, it is 30 months away from Division. Whatever we do now will more than likely be inherited by the two new governments. I will take Mr. Krutko's comments under consideration. I will have to talk to the department, I will have to talk to my colleagues in the FMB and the cabinet, and see what, if anything we can do to address some of the issues he has raised. Thank you Mr. Chairman.