(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. First I would like to state that it is my eldest son, Robert's, birthday today. I would like to wish him a happy birthday.

Mr. Speaker, I stand today to speak about decentralized government in Nunavut being developed. We can really see it because of the buildings that are being built to house the office for decentralization of some services from the departments. We were told that when we were having a meeting in July, at the Baffin Leader's Meeting, when the decentralization is in the process that it would help the local people from the communities. The buildings would be built to house the new services being transferred to the communities. Local people can acquire some jobs from the decentralization process. In smaller communities, they have always been sidetracked by other communities that are in larger communities acquiring some contracts. I think it is possible to transfer some of the offices to even smaller communities. When we can discuss the possibility of transferring some of these offices to smaller communities, I think it is possible to open up some offices to smaller communities, departmental offices. I will be speaking to this later today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (Translation ends)