Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the Minister of Finance has articulated the situational circumstances regarding the budget. This House and the Members opposite have been working with the departments now for many months trying to come up with a budget that will help us live within our means but address some of the issues. We have taken the direction we can from the committees in that regard. The DECs within the regions, my understanding is, all have somewhat of a surplus, so I cannot speak specifically to the Member's statement that there are no textbooks in the communities, but I would be very happy to look at that item if the Member wanted to give me greater information on that particular issue.

We are also in the process of entering into negotiations with the NWTTA in regard to the salaries and benefits of teachers, which will address an issue that has been raised in terms of possible pay increases. The Minister of Finance very clearly said that we have two choices and I, like the Minister of Finance, am optimistic that if we take the positive road in terms of identifying revenues, working together with the aboriginal governments to, in fact, get more revenues that we can address some of these issues in the longer term. In the immediate term, we are going to be restricted to the options that have already been outlined and we have been discussing in this House in the last few days. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.