Thank you. Mr. Minister, if you want to designate a response to one of your officials, that is up to you.

Thank you. Active positions, information item, page 3-11, Liquor Commission Revolving Fund, an information item. Mr. Steen.

Thank you. Mr. Minister.

There was extensive work actually done by, I believe the researcher of the day was Alan Downe, I think. Extensive work was done, I think last year and the year even before, with significant community consultations on the changes to the Liquor Act and the legislation. Again, as I think I said to my colleague earlier this week on the Workers' Compensation Board, there is such a limited amount left in terms of what legislation we can bring forward and get it through. If my memory serves me correctly, Mr. Downe was working closely with Mr. Kakfwi on the need for some changes in regulatory reform. He may try to incorporate some of the changes that we want and the liquor regulations. Now I stand to be corrected on that, but he may. I know there was extensive work done on the need for some change in the Liquor Act, et cetera. Thank you.

Thank you. On the Liquor Commission Revolving Fund, Mr. Steen.

Thank you, Mr. Steen. Mr. Minister.

I confess, I do not have the details of the some of the changes that Mr. Downe was suggesting after community consultations on the Liquor Act. I will speak with him tomorrow and get an update on that and provide my colleague with where that stands. Unfortunately, I apologize, I do not have that answer today. Thank you.

Thank you. Liquor Commission Revolving Fund, information Item. Agreed? Thank you. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you. Are we looking at the expenditures here, Mr. Todd?

The short answer, Mr. Chairman, is no. We cannot do that. I think there is a relationship between consumption of alcohol and the problems associated with it. Everybody understands that. The revenues generated through the sales of alcohol, like the sale of cigarettes and like the other taxes, all go into general revenues. I cannot see where you could specifically take it from here to put over there. It has to go back into the system. The system then determines what the overall budget of the government is. The Ministers, the Finance Minister, Cabinet and FMB decide, in consultation with committees, how the money is going to be distributed to the envelopes, et cetera. Everybody has to, as they say in the world of politics, duke it out to get their share based on whatever philosophy that is there. While I can appreciate where my colleague is going with this line of questioning, the answer to him, unfortunately, would be no.

Thank you. Mr. Krutko.

Thank you. Mr. Minister.

The intent, of course, is to have two Liquor Commissions. The revenues that we generate would be based upon the consumption in each of the territories. It is not a question of taking these revenues and saying we are going to split them here and there. If you have two separate

entities and you have X consumption and there is X revenues generated from it, that government would get those X revenues. The new Finance Minister of these two territories would assign that as part of the revenues when they look at their overall fiscal requirements, and where they are going to find the monies besides the grant from the federal government. Thank you.

Thank you. Page 3-11, information item. Agreed? No? Mr. Rabesca.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would just like to go back to the active positions. I am quite concerned, what might happen when Nunavut comes to be and the number might change in the future?

Thank you. Do we agree that we go back to page 3-10, active positions for the honourable Member? Agreed? I do not hear any agreement. Do we agree?

Agreed.

Thank you. Mr. Todd.