Thank you, Madam Chair. I, too, feel like it was a good sessional statement, but I'd like to keep in mind that there are a lot of hard issues being pressed here with this government. Some of the ideas that came to mind in his statement were regarding the resource revenue sharing. I think it's very important, Madam Chair, that we continue to really get something done from the federal government in this regard. It is very important for us to continue pursuing that matter. My comments are going to be general in regard to some of the items that came out in his statement.
With regard to housing needs, it's good to hear the Minister responsible for the Housing Corporation talk about working with industry but, at the same time, if we continue to wait for them to come down here until a pipeline is built, that won't address the needs of the shortage of housing in the Territories. So we have to work in line with that also.
With regard to MACA and the new deal, I don't know how it will affect non-tax-based communities, but we have to be careful with that also. In the smaller communities, it is very hard to generate revenue.
Another item that caught my eye was with regard to the highway strategy. It's good you have $158 million over five years, but again it's geared towards existing highways. I think somewhere down the road, like I have said in other forums, the Tuk-Inuvik highway can play a really big part with regard to the pipeline.
Regarding self-government, it's very important we continue pushing on with the aboriginal groups because they do have final agreements in place. They are just pursuing what's in the agreements they have. It's important we go through with that. These are just general comments, Madam Chair, that I thought I would bring forward. Thank you very much.