Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, my general comments will be based on the Minister's report. I am interested in the areas of particular recreation, aesthetic interest. We need to identify these and establish measures to provide them with additional protection. I am interested in that and how we would go about achieving some of these items and I guess establishing locations as well. I am interested to see if those are already named or if there is a way of doing that.
Also, I am concerned in the area on page five of his introductory statements, people want jobs and opportunities to become more productive and self-reliant. The need is greatest in smaller level two and three communities. I have a concern there. There has been an effort through the reduction to do most of the hits in the larger communities. I am using Inuvik as an example. Hopefully, there will be opportunities created through this department that would include the community of Inuvik which is considered a level one community. I hope there will be initiatives in that area as well or that we will be able to share in some of the programs that are available to level two and three communities. In the community of Inuvik, because it is classified as a regional centre, most of the hits have come through the regional centre itself.
My comments will be short, but in the area of privatization and initiatives to commercialize developed government functions, I am interested to see what initiatives are going to be undertaken and what areas and timelines are given to these. I believe it is good for both employees and the private sector to be aware of these, that if there is an opportunity to be taken full advantage of by the community people and even employees that it would be affected by these decisions. It would be good to see, as we go down the road, more activity in the area of good creation in all areas. As we have said before, we have heard it many times in this House, the government can no longer be the engine of the economy, but hopefully we can provide the gas for the vehicle to move down the road, so we can try to become the stimulator of it. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.