Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, my concern is in regard to what has happened the last couple of years with the downsizing of the different departments and also the responsibilities being allocated to other departments. Such is the case with the Department of Public Works and Services, who are at a point now where a lot of the responsibilities that they have fall within other departments. A lot of people take care of their own maintenance of buildings, that used to be a key role of the Department of Public Works and Services.
So I am just wondering again if, because of the possibility of doing away with the rate of petroleum products, it will really decrease the role of this department. I am wondering what role the department is going to play if they do decide to privatize POL to, say, the Northwest Territories Power Corporation? What will it do to the ability of this department to really be productive, in regard to saying that every time there is a change that takes place, it has an impact on this department either through human resources or through the ability to do what they used to do? It seems like it has diminished to a point now where they are not as active as they used to be.
So I would like to ask the Minister, knowing that these things are taking place, and we are talking about regional capacity and all this other stuff, have we looked at what the impact of all these things have had on this department and how productive is the department to continue on doing what they originally were intended for?