I was glad in the document, and it has been announced by the government through Mr. Arlooktoo, that the amalgamation has been put on hold. I would also suggest that the privatization of petroleum products would also get the same amount of debate and consideration before anything is finalized in that particular item.

The question of division, I would also look forward to the Minister's concurrence for a timeline that he agreed to produce which would outline the priorities for division and the groups or individuals or organizations that are responsible for making decisions in a timely fashion so that division can proceed in an organized fashion and that we are not backlogged in making decisions on division for a new western territory and Nunavut without proper time to debate all the issues and concerns. I have stated before that I believe that Nunavut should have a vast majority of the decisions as regards how they wish their government set up.

There are a couple of points that I have been consistent on and I am glad to see the government is consistent on and I would certainly like some response from the Minister in this regard. I note where the budget document under labour relations, there is three points where the government talks about the present staff. The first point talks about all GNWT staff located in Nunavut must become employees of Nunavut government. The second point is existing GNWT headquarters staff should have a hiring priority. The third the principles must be applied to the staffing of Nunavut. I would like the Minister to revisit that particular part. I notice two of the items talk about what the Nunavut must do and as regards existing GNWT headquarters staff...