Thank you, Mr. Chairman. If that is the case, then the whole government has to change its ways. If we are going to change the formula used to fund community governments to deliver programs and services on behalf of the government, it should not be based on population. It should be based on need and the realties of those communities. Population base funding is something that we argue as a government to the federal government and how it is not fair.

It is the same thing we experience at the community level. It is just one step lower than the national level. At the territorial level, it is the same. This government should have a pretty good understanding of the needs of the communities when they use the same arguments that we use in the communities with the federal government. Formula based funding should be re-examined right across the board. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.