Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, in the report of the committee, there are a couple of areas of concern, such as the administration fee that's been imposed on communities by this department of 16 percent, which is supposed to take effect April 1st. Mr. Chairman, my concern is that the communities already have an existing agreement with the department for water operation agreements, which is 6.5 percent. Those agreements, as far as I am concerned, still stand unless the parties agree to a new agreement. As we heard in the report that was read out by the chair of the committee, Mr. Roland, to date none of those agreements have been signed. Mr. Chairman, my concern is that as the department responsible for assisting communities to build capacity and working with communities to get qualified people trained and in place to eventually offer the communities the ability to take over these requirements... such as having several infractions with regard to the water regulations and also with regard to the notice that's been given to communities regarding the boil water orders which have been issues in some communities. As a government, we are responsible for helping communities to build capacity and also being able to take over programs and services.
We always hear the government or department saying go ahead, take it over, no problem, you can have it. It's easy to say that but unless you have capacity and you have people in the community that are trained and knowledgeable about the operation, you will not be able to automatically unilaterally take over a program. What is the Minister doing as a department, and also the Minister of Public Works and Services, to work with communities to build that capacity and also offer the training that's going to be needed, so that you have trained, qualified individuals to take over the project, take over the water operational programs and sewage delivery programs, so that you have knowledgeable people, trained people, qualified people that know what they are doing so that we don't have the problem of no capacity in our communities. What are you doing to work with communities to build that capacity by way of training and also working for the qualifications for people who are going to take this over, so they are qualified, trained and knowledgeable about what they are taking over?