Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Cooper has beaten me to my question. That is actually where I was heading. I had some concern up until now regarding the positions being situated where they are. I do have a concern that we have three positions located in a regional centre and none in my communities.
If there are not enough cases in Fort Providence, for example, to warrant a full-time officer, I do not see what the difference is of having someone located in Fort Providence and carrying some of the workload for Hay River. There is no difference from that person living in Hay River and carrying the workload for Fort Providence. In fact, there will probably be more cases from Fort Providence for that person living in Hay River than if it goes vice versa.
We have to consider that we have a ferry system and we are looking at using charters. How much is that costing? I do not think it is fair. Again, I want to bring up the disparity that there is in this government to invest in some of the communities. They are reluctant to post not only positions but also infrastructure.
I would appreciate if the Minister would commit to reviewing the situation in Hay River or Fort Simpson, wherever the positions may be, and relocate some of those positions and spread the opportunity for employment into some of the other places. We seem to have a bottleneck all the time in the regional centres.