Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am generally familiar with the legislation in the Yukon the Member refers to but I think at this time we have a choice to make. We have a lot of economic activity going on in the Northwest Territories, a much, much different situation than the Yukon, Nunavut or some other parts of Canada.
At the same time we are doing that, we do not have a resource revenue sharing arrangement with the federal government nor do we have responsibility or rights over land and water and minerals and so on. We are moving ahead with all of those, and I certainly have not given up hope in terms of coming to a good arrangement with the federal government and aboriginal governments.
We have a choice now. We can either tighten our belts and cut spending and cut investment and try to get back to balanced books but I do not think that is the right time to be doing that. I quite honestly believe we have to take advantage of the opportunities that are here right now. It means putting some investment, not only in roads where we are doing a major piece now, but also in training and business opportunities. There is too much going on for this to be a time when we would just hunker down and try to save money.
The path we are on is one of making some critical investments, crucial investments, and at the same time doing it responsibly and ensuring that we do as much as we can where we are able to prove results out of the expenditures we are making.
I am not thinking along the same lines as the Yukon Legislature, for example, that directs the government to work toward.