Thank you, Mr. Chairman. With a couple of the specific initiatives that the Executive has launched on here, I must indicate my support for the intergovernmental forum. It has been my experience, in watching and participating in Northwest Territories political development, the most positive and encouraging signals that I have ever seen at one time are happening right now. I fully support the initiatives that the department is taking to prepare and build capacity for that.

There is one aspect of the plan though, or of the budget, that I would like to pursue. My colleagues have already gone down this path. I would like to follow down it as well. On regional community affairs, Mr. Chairman, what I am a bit concerned about is duplication, or crossover, with other existing mandates or responsibilities. In the paper that was just circulated, which gives us a bit of a job description here, is the director of regional co-ordination. I get the sense preparing for transition to self-government will be one of the mandates of this job. I think it is a very good one, capacity building.

I do see a lot of overlap here with some existing roles, like the Department of Municipal and Community Affairs is now playing and the Department of Aboriginal Affairs has in negotiating land claims and self-government, perhaps in the role of the intergovernmental forum itself and in areas where it is going to be involved in this.

From my perception, Mr. Chairman, there may even be a fourth area that would be mandated in some fashion or other to deal with transition from this government to self-government. Is it necessary at this time? That is my question, Mr. Chairman.