Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this budget, obviously it is not going to be a grant to the communities, so I am assuming that the communities are going to have to apply for percentage of the funding for this. How is the funding going to be distributed, Mr. Chairman?

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Given the discussion I have heard, I believe we are going to be revisiting the allocation methodology before we actually start distributing the funds. I think we will be doing some of that before we decide on how much goes to each community. That was part of the question from before.

In terms of once that is decided, then we would communicate with the communities and let them know that money is there, to give us their plan for how they would like to use it within that community, and then the funds would be provided out.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Can Mr. Murray explain that to me again? If they have to write? What do you mean, if they have to write? Did I hear you correctly? I am not sure. Can he repeat that? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Based on the discussion in here, I know there are some concerns on how it was being allocated to the communities based on a formula. We are going to be looking at that formula or that approach before we can go out to the communities and write them, basically, from our office, or our regions will write to communities and say "This money is available for recreation. If you are interested, we need a plan on how you would be spending that money over the next year."

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, one of the areas of concern that has been brought to the attention of Members of the Assembly on a consistent basis is the number of contribution agreements the communities have to deal with and the amount of time and resources, both financial and human, that are spent towards justifying these contribution agreements.

In light of the knowledge the Minister and his deputy have now, would he commit to coming up with a system that is a little simpler, more responsive and friendlier to use by people in the communities, both at the departmental and community level? Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Since we are talking about sport and recreation, I would like to follow up on a couple of questions Mr. McLeod had with regard to the Arctic Winter Games. I would like to get a breakdown. The Arctic Winter Games are supposed to be representative of the Territories, the communities of the Territories. We had a lot of discussions on this area of responsibility under the department during the last Arctic Winter Games in Whitehorse.

I would like to see if there are any improvements made in the area of regional diversity and representation. I would like to know the number of athletes that are going to the Arctic Winter Games. What sport are they dominating? From which regions of the Northwest Territories, in terms of numbers, both athletes and coaches, and people that are participating in the Arctic Winter Games, and from the community level as well. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are talking about sport and recreation. The Arctic Winter Games is a big event for athletes in the Northwest Territories, especially our young population. What we do with sport and recreation today will hopefully improve community representation. The community of Lutselk'e, for example, only has one athlete going to the games. That is very poor. Obviously, the sport and recreation in that community has not improved in the last two years to see them have more than one athlete. In that sense, I would like to know that information. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Can I not hedge a little bit here, Mr. Chairman?

Mr. Chairman, if that is what it is going to take to get an answer to my question, then I would request that. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Agreed.