Thank you. I hope the Minister will keep the House apprised of developments in this area, because some indications coming to me have been that they have felt the summer student hiring process alone, not to mention trying to employ Northerners once they return from school, may not have been set up or given the most thought before it was set up.
Somebody mentioned to me they felt the department was simply a receptacle for resumes for summer hiring. The line departments were not involved until after the fact. When they had actually hired a student, they would report back to the main department. I think there are some problems here. I think it is something that needs to be streamlined, so I hope the Minister will keep us informed and let us know how the working group is going as there are developments.
The last thing I would like to touch on is the Intergovernmental Forum process. I have to say, Mr. Chairman I was thrilled to be invited to the first meeting in Hay River. I think it is a great process. I think it is something that we need to pay a lot of attention to, and I think it is critical for the development of the Northwest Territories.
However, I have to state, again, and we have all made comments to the Premier in this regard, that the one level of government that is sorely missing is municipal government.
I think there are key economic decisions and strategy and planning that will be coming out of this process, and while I do recognize that it is a very sensitive process and there are things that need to be worked out, I think that at some point, we have to look to involve municipal levels of government. I think we need buy-in right across the Northwest Territories with all of its citizens, not just some.
So I hope the Premier will keep in mind that municipalities have called and asked to be included in this process. I think they have a valid concern. I think they want to be involved. They do want to buy in to this, and I hope we will look at involving all levels of government in this process sometime, in the near future.