Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I do not have the full detail on all of the strategies that our government is undertaking because they are within various departments. We have, for example, put a lot of extra money into recruiting, retaining and training nurses. That is something that hopefully will give us returns in the long run. Those kind I hope to keep.
We have, in Maximizing Northern Employment, a number of initiatives that we are funding, whether it is interns or summer student hires or finding employment for people who have graduated in a particular program. Those again I would like to keep.
The one area where we have said we cannot afford to get into commitments on huge investments is on the highway infrastructure. We felt that there is a choice. We can borrow more money, but that is not a good alternative because that will do exactly what Mr. Krutko is saying could be a problem for us, hitting our debt limit very quickly. We could put it off to another government to worry about but we know they are deteriorating. We could try to find other means of financing, which is what we are doing.
Those are the kind we are trying not to have to put a lot of money into during the life of this government in order to prevent what Mr. Krutko is warning us about. We have also, as I have mentioned earlier, put a limit on our capital expenditures, again to try to maintain a reasonable budget. That is one initiative.
There may be specific things we could do differently, in the amount of support to businesses. It is not huge. I would not want to cut it back right now. We do have opportunities for private companies, aboriginal corporations to get into the oil and gas sector, to mining activities; those I would have to cut back too. It is not an easy decision to say we should cut back some of those kinds of initiatives. I have the same difficulty when it comes to water and sewage systems and municipal infrastructure.
Right now, Mr. Chairman, in my view, it is a little bit early to begin to make cutbacks. I think we are fine for another year or two years, depending on how our revenue projections work out and our expenditures, of course. Thank you.