Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in regard to this item, will the Minister commit to allow communities in my riding...one of the ideas that is being thrown around is at the Beaufort Leaders Conference, have a meeting with the municipalities in my riding who will be affected by this new change, so they could sit down with this department and go through those costs that are not covered to date and the costs associated with the infrastructure, administration?
I would like to ask the Minister, is his department committed to ensure that there is continued dialogue and consultation with communities either at a regional level or a community level? I believe this new mechanism is not as clear as they make it out to be. You pretty well have to be a mathematician to figure out these formulas. I think in order for communities to really understand it, this government has to commit to consultation and dialogue with those communities.