Mr. Chairman, this area is an area that the department will be spending more time reviewing in the coming year. We do want to take a look at the whole area of municipal financing. Again, it is related to a number of the things that the department would be doing related to the community empowerment priority.

In terms of alternative sources of revenue to municipalities, one of the areas that does become apparent is the area of municipal taxation. That is an area the department does need to do some more work on. There have only been seven tax-based municipalities in all of the Northwest Territories for some time. There are a number of communities that are growing considerably and one of the areas that we do plan to look at is the whole area of the ability to contribute towards the cost of projects that are presently totally funded by the government. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.