Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Just in general, one concern I have had is, in the department for years now and in government overall, we seem to be focusing on putting out fires, and a small portion goes towards prevention. With that in mind, it is something we need to focus on as a government overall to try to change the focus here.

We continue to fight the blazes that are out there. We will never win if we continue to provide services as we see it. There has to be some change. I think we have to be clear on how we are going to do it and try and reach some goals we can stand up and point to in the long run. I truly believe that if we are going to continue to deal with the cure side of things instead of the prevention, this department will continue to grow as it has in the past by forced growth every year, because we just cannot continue to keep up with it.

Even though, in a sense, the potential for development in the Northwest Territories is great, along with that usually comes a bit of a negative side. The Beaufort Delta went through that in the late 1970s and 1980s. We hear some comments about other places. We have seen a large influx of cash into their areas, communities and regions. If we are not ready to be proactive, we will find ourselves coming back for more dollars, trying to run the existing programs we have.

Hopefully, with some of these strategies that are coming out, we will see some solid results focusing on prevention rather than focusing on another strategy to deal with the situation we find before us. With that, Mr. Chairman, I will save the rest of my comments and questions for detail. Thank you.