Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Premier. The Premier had said earlier today that he needed to maintain his family and community ties as do other Members from outside of Yellowknife who are on Cabinet and that was the reason for home travel. I think all Members would agree with that. It is absolutely essential that the Ministers be able to get back to their home community relatively often so that they can maintain those ties.

That is why, for as long as I have been elected, the last 10 years, Ministers have been able to access 32 visits a year back to their home community. There was even some discussion in the 13th Assembly about reducing that, but we all agreed that it was important enough for Ministers to get home that often that we would not consider it.

What I fail to understand here is, why do Ministers need the ability to strengthen family and community ties more than Regular Members?