Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this past weekend I returned home and had a public meeting with the residents of Inuvik. At that meeting, I supplied some information to my constituents on the overall impact of the reductions that are happening in the community.
Mr. Speaker, my concern is that, with as much fluidity in the budget that has been put forward, it is hard to give a definite answer as to what is happening, when it comes to the impacts. One of the things -- I just received a call -- was a concerned person from Inuvik who had heard there were some PY reductions coming. The rumour had started that someone was going to lose their job. Right now, with the information I have, I could only put "potentially" and I think we need to address that. When we go through committees and we are at this stage, the budget is tabled in the House to have fixed information. When we go to our communities and explain the impacts, or the possible impacts, on a community of these reductions, that we would be giving accurate information. I do not want to be said to be spreading fear in the community that more jobs are being lost. That is the last thing I want to do, especially in the community of Inuvik, which has been hard hit already. So, I will endeavour to find out the correct information from the appropriate Minister during question period. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.