I think you have to be a little historical in its perspective when you talk about the capital planning process. You have to look back to a number of years ago, prior to this government and the previous governments, as to how that was done. It was basically done by departments, and Cabinet made most of the decisions. They made some arrangement with a few Members, I think it would be fair to say that is the way it took place. For some of us who are seasoned political watchers, we know that is the way it took place.
The previous Premier, to her credit, Nellie Cournoyea came forward with - while it may not be an ideal situation, it did embrace more people in the process - where she asked individual communities to determine their appropriate needs and their priorities accordingly, and to discuss these with the local representative MLAs. That process then came into the system five or six years ago and was put into the planning process.
Under Mr. Morin, the current Premier, we embraced a new committee system which enhanced the participation and increasing of the circle of participants in the planning for capital dollars. We work with committees to determine appropriate priorities; where our money should be spent, through the envelopes and through the different committees that were put in place. That situation, while not ideal, is certainly far better than it was in previous regimes. I fundamentally believe, there is transparency in the system. If you go to the actual basic level of public government at the settlement council, hamlet council and village council level and say to those institutions, along with the local representative, myself for Keewatin Central, my colleague from Inuvik and ask them to participate in what the priorities are and what the needs are to forward that into the Premier's office. We collate it, put it into the system and it comes back out to committees. We duke it out in committees and at the end of the day we vet it in this House and vote accordingly. Maybe not a perfect situation, but it is certainly better than it was before. Thank you.