Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Again, I would like to encourage the department and the Minister to look into the future a little bit. As a government, we have stated publicly that we have initiated processes that would see devolution, devolving more and more responsibilities to communities to deliver programs and services that the Government of the Northwest Territories currently delivers, so that the municipalities and organizations and communities can deliver programs and services on behalf of this government. As such, they should be entitled to any dollars and programs that current Government of the Northwest Territories employees have to upgrade their skills so they could do their jobs better or they could upgrade their skills so they could advance within their organizations or be able to a qualify and move within the Government of the Northwest Territories.
What I am hearing is it is just for Government of the Northwest Territories employees who are working for a department. I would say a lot of programs and services delivered for the people of the Northwest Territories are being delivered by people who are working for organizations outside of the Government of the Northwest Territories. That should be recognized.
The quick question is does the Minister recognize those individuals as important people in delivering the Government of the Northwest Territories programs and services? Thank you.