Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My general comments are relating to small communities, the unfairness in how they are being funded for municipal roads. We see hidden funds given to larger communities, tax-based communities by using highways, transportation capital for paving roads. For instance, Yellowknife, Hay River, Inuvik, Fort Smith, the Fort Simpson main street...you see all of these examples. I would like to say that those roads within municipal boundaries should be funded under a formula basis, not through Transportation.

I had asked a former Minister of Transportation to look at that. He did not get back to me. Also, the current Transportation Minister was going to go to the city and talk to them to see if they wanted to take it over under a formula base, which I have still not received any information on.

I think it is time this government started treating everybody fairly and not using other budgets to subsidize the tax-based communities.

This is just general comments. This is what I see. I see a flaw in how this government is funding communities and using other departments to subsidize the larger communities. I think it is time that we start making changes and treating everybody equally. If you are going to be funded by culverts, the width of the road, the streetlights in the smaller communities, let's do it right across the board. Let's treat the larger communities the same way. We fund them by the width of the road, the culverts and streetlights, and everybody in the smaller communities is getting treated like that. They do not have any roads in some of the communities. You cannot piggyback on Transportation. It is not fair to the smaller communities.

I do not expect an answer from this. I expect results. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.