Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this was not a community position that was being eliminated, and does not in anyway tie into community empowerment. Therefore, we are not proposing to eliminate any community librarians.

The positions that we are proposing to eliminate, there are two of them, one in Keewatin and one in the Baffin, are the only two regional positions left in the Territories. It is difficult for me, as Minister, to stand up and say that two regions deserve special treatment, when we cannot put the regional librarians into other regions in the Territories. We are confident, Mr. Speaker, that the services will still be available electronically to all community librarians across the north. Thank you.

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