The department has many ambitious initiatives that are dependent on new federal and territorial funding to be implemented. The members support the intent behind these initiatives and hope that funding can be found.

However, members were somewhat disappointed that the department had no contingency plans in place should the anticipated additional funding fail to materialize. Committee members believe that there is a need to establish priorities, so that the department can, if necessary, re-profile their programs using the available funding. At a bare minimum, the department needs to establish what the process would entail and who should be involved.