Mr. Chairman, if I may continue. I am concerned with the policies of this government in regards to downsizing of the infrastructure departments. It seems to suggest to me we are going to have very little infrastructure development if we no longer need all the staff. I cannot believe for one minute, that the government kept all that staff in the infrastructure departments simply for the sake of paying people. There must have been a use for them. I am concerned that there will be so little infrastructure development that there is no longer a need for this large a number of staff to address the infrastructure development. In other words, are we going to quit building roads? Are we going to quit upgrading airports or building airports? Are we going to cut back on housing so much that we will no longer need all the staff? Are we also going to cut back on the construction of buildings? I am talking about large size buildings, like schools and infrastructure for communities, that we no longer need this large a department? I cannot help wondering about that.
But the one that really makes me wonder is this point of preparations for division. I am getting an impression that we are suggesting that, after division, both territories are going to be so small, and that the number of Ministers may be reduced, because they do not have these departments any more to minister. If that is the case, I wonder if we were to allow amalgamation now, would it mean that we would get rid of a couple of Ministers? Because if they are not needed in the future, why would they be needed now? I cannot help asking that question.
The last point I want to make, Mr. Chairman , in my communities and I am sure it is in every community, there are so many changes being made in the last year to the government structure, the government department, downsizing, changes, amalgamation, that it is very confusing for the guy on the street to know who is left and who is still there. For instance, right now I am sure that I am not the only one wondering, who do I go and see in this new renewable resource department? Who do I go and see if I have a concern for wildlife or economic development or energy mines? I cannot help but being confused as to who I am supposed to see any more, and that is the situation in the communities. We have made so many changes to this point in time, we are talking about more implementations, and we are implementing to some degree, community empowerment. But we make so many changes in other aspects, that we do not know what works and what does not work. We will not be able to analyze which were worthwhile changes and which were not. I could not support more changes at this point in time. As far as the amalgamation of the departments, at this point in time, I think that we should wait for division, and see what amount of MLAs or positions that are going to be, constituencies. We would then have an idea whether or not amalgamation is going to make sense.
I am totally in favour of shelving amalgamation to a long ways in the future. Thank you.