Thank you, Madam Chair. In regards to the budget and going through it, the question I raised in regards to capital distribution, especially in my region, based on the 10 year allocations, based on population and I have seen from the statistics I have had, that my riding has been the lowest in regards to capital distribution for a number of years and still is. When you talk about allocation and distribution in the case of Tsiigehtchic, for instance getting $42 thousand in the budget yet two years ago through the capital planning process were supposedly getting allocated $400 thousand. So, I think the whole question in the area of capital and the concerns raised of fairness, equity and allocations in regards to the communities throughout the north, there has to be a mechanism in place to verify that in regards to capital, O and M, and exactly the needs of the communities where we are finding there is cuts in areas such as the different subsidies we get through water and sewage. Also in regards to the cost to operate and maintain infrastructure such as water treatment plants, recreation centres, that there has to be a fair way of dealing with it and it has got to be phased in over time so that you do not take the axe to the tree and chop the tree down without really thinking of what the implications are in regards to where that is going to fall. Because what we are finding in a lot of our communities is that because of the decisions that we have made in regards to dealing with the deficit and also the cuts that we have taken. Some of them are basically, pretty hurt in regards to how it affects the bottom line in communities and how they have to restructure their finances within those communities and municipalities to deal with that.

There has to be a merit, a way of monitoring also a way of allowing this process to be phased in over a period of time. I know we do not have time but there has to be a way that the communities or municipalities have a mechanism there that when they do get in trouble or when they realize that there are problems in regards to their bottom line and trying to avoiding getting stuck in a deficit situation, that there is a way of proceeding. Where that there if there is a way knowingly that the department will be able to allocate other resources or other human resources to come in and assist them. Right now we do not have that. Basically, you take something over you are stuck with the burden of having to deal with it but my big point is the whole question of fairness. I have, you know, stood up in the House several times in the last year talking about this and I am have been meeting with the Minister and Minister of Finance and different Ministers to try to find a fair way of these distributions and also in regards to how we operate and maintain our infrastructure. So with that, thank you, Madam Chair.