Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, that is twice now since yesterday that the Member has stated that I am negligent, that the Stanton board is negligent. Given her legal background, I would suggest these are not terms to be used lightly. This is a job I take very seriously and I do not really appreciate the imputation -- it is not an imputation, it is a direct assertion that I am somehow being negligent and not doing this job properly. If the Member is of that strong opinion, she has access to means to address that. I refute that allegation.

I will tell her that we have moved ahead, as I have in this House, very carefully to deal with the deficits and we are going to continue to do that. It is a shared responsibility. It has been accepted by the boards and the authorities. It is underway. I will share those deficit reduction plans, as I have indicated in this House, and I am prepared to stand on the work that I have done to date as Minister.

If the Member wishes to make that allegation and that kind of very serious accusation, this is a forum to do that. Let's debate it, whether I am negligent. I do not believe I am. We have initiated a host of very important initiatives and activities to improve the services to the people -- health and social services -- and that has been done with close collaboration of the communities, the authorities and the community leaders across the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.