Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, on this particular matter, development has already occurred. It is in full swing. I think that, if anything, we are playing catch-up here. I do not think that we have the time to allow for this thing to go out to another committee or another special committee to travel around and try to find solutions to the problems.

The people in the communities know what the problems are, they know where the inequities are, and we know where the capacity has to be developed. Fort McPherson has developed a capacity development proposal and they have done a lot of work in that area. They are looking at focussing in other areas, not just the Government of the Northwest Territories. We are also looking at the Aboriginal Healing Foundation. We are looking through Brighter Futures and other funding sources out there. We cannot wait. We do not have the time to allow for what happened in the 70's and 80's to repeat itself.

In the communities I represent, we have had a lot of suicides since the last major boom. We have seen a lot of disparity to families, to people in our communities. I think as a government, we cannot continue to hesitate or even consider trying to reinvent the wheel here. We know what the issues are. We know how to deal with them. I think we have to start putting the resources where they are needed and not look at doing another major plan.

I would like to ask the Minister, where will the communities be able to fit into this process who may be in the situation where they have already started the legwork by developing plans and identifying resource people and identifying the areas of capacity that are needed to deal and cope with the stress and strain in our communities, and also the effects that we see from development?

Can the Minister tell me how soon this will take place and how do the communities fit into that process?