Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let me try to answer the question this way. We have a $150 million problem out there. We have a forced growth problem of $40 million a year, primarily in the social envelope. Steps have to be taken to be fair and reasonable across the Territories as we move forward in our deficit elimination strategy. We are not going to balance the budget on the backs of the unionized and non-unionized employees, but the unionized and non-unionized employees must carry their share as
others have to. I believe, as I've said consistently in this House, that the strategy that we've taken is a caring and compassionate strategy. The reworking of the northern allowance into an income support/cost-of -living allowance is fair. We have taken into consideration the concerns that have been addressed by my honourable colleague and others out there. It has to be recognized in this House that everyone has to take -- and Mr. Henry said it on a number of occasions -- their fair burden of this strategy. I want to remind everyone in this House that the target set in the wages and benefits package was set collectively by the majority of us and we are endeavouring to do this in a way in which minimizes the pain to our employees, whether they be union or non-union. That is the way I would like to answer it, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.