Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My next question deals with the whole idea of community empowerment and allowing communities to take on initiatives in regard to the economic development and well-being of the communities. We have allowed communities to take on certain projects, but one thing that I find, especially in my riding, is the lack of resources that are given to those communities to ensure that whoever in the community is going to take on these projects or deliver them on behalf of this government, the resources are not there to help them do an adequate job. In most times it is half-time positions, but the demand on those individuals is high and yet the communities take on the responsibility for programs without realizing the resources that they need in regard to the human resource sector, the salaries and benefits that come along with these positions and also the money to administer a lot of these programs is not attached to these specific programs that are taken on by those communities.
So I think there has to be more effort made to ensure that we do not set up the communities to fail. I believe what has happened in regard to a lot of communities that have seen this thing as a great idea, but after taking them on they realize that the aspirations of people in the communities either cannot be fulfilled because they do not have the adequate resources or the training to fill those positions to ensure that the program of the service they are delivering is sufficed in relation to having resources that go along with those positions. I think they have to ensure that when we allow community empowerment to take place in the different ridings we do it in such a way that you look at it like any agreement where it is a long-term implementation phase so that it is phased in over five or ten years. You do not just give them a bunch of money for a year or two and say we are going to assist you and make you better, and when they fail they usually fall in regard to my riding and my region. Part of the problems that originate from the Aklavik Indian Band is a lot of these programs that we devolved to that community were devolved to the band and that was one of the areas that they have seen is that the resources to hire these people on a full-time basis, but only receiving a half-time salary put them in a hole. I do not think we want to see that happen to any other communities. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.