Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Many things have changed over the past ten years I have been here, for sure things have changed. I can remember in the past, in my riding, every time somebody's washroom did not work, they phoned me and every time they had a problem, they would phone me as MLA. It has evolved over the years to where they are phoning the Housing Authority because they are making the decisions at the community level. Some people do not understand when they ask you for help to fix their house or whatever that the money has been transferred to the community. The community has the say. That does not mean we are giving up our responsibility, what that means is, we have empowered the community, the community itself is making the decisions.
In listening with great interest and wherever possible, Mr. Krutko, questions asked in this House are taken seriously. As long as people ask questions and show mutual respect, then it is taken seriously. We know that constituents ask you to ask those questions. I have been over there before. I have been there for four years. I know what drives the process. But also, we have to recognize over the period of time that community governments, regional organizations evolved. You raised the issue of the machine that you would like for different regions. I talked to the Minister about it and he says well maybe those regions would prefer to just buy an x-ray machine, they need that more importantly at this time. It is not a money issue. It is an issue of empowerment to the regions. They should know in the regions what their constituents want and what their highest priorities are. It is the same I guess, you could say to some constituents well, why did Joe Blow get a house before me? That is community empowerment. The community made the decision. They felt he was in more need than you.
It is a tough issue because through community empowerment, through delegation of authority, yes, MLAs are going to have less say, but that is evolving government. So, I do not know what else I could say to that. But when you asked the question, David, on those health questions, we have been listening and we take those questions seriously. Thank you.