Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I look forward to seeing the plans that the Minister is working with the Minister of Health and Social Services on, a $2 million plan. He explained some of the parameters, but that $2 million will just get lost in those programs he has identified.
I am talking about infrastructure in the communities. You could have a $10 million O and M budget, but if there is no building to maintain, what is the point? We need infrastructure in the communities.
We need to develop a place with a roof and four walls and heat that could be utilized as day cares. We do not have those infrastructures in the communities. We are encouraging people to work in the non-renewable sectors. That means flying out of the community for a period of time, mostly two and two, some work three and one. During that time, the parent who is at home cannot get to work because there are no babysitters and there is no place for a facility to be used for babysitter services, for day care.
The Minister may not have a plan right now, but can he commit at the very least to looking at working with other departments for developing infrastructure in the communities? Even in Yellowknife, Mr. Chairman, I am currently a single parent myself. I am having great difficulty getting babysitters. I am making do, but it is not a healthy environment for my children. That is what I am forced to do. In the communities, it is even worse. Everybody is busy, so you miss work. All the training, all the investment dollars that are placed into these individuals is gone. They are back on the social envelope. They are back in line with income support. I am just wondering if the Minister would commit right now to working with other departments, with Housing, with Municipal and Community Affairs, to develop infrastructures into communities so that day cares could be utilized? Thank you Mr. Chairman.