Thank you, Madam Chair. Probably more or less a few minutes of comments in regard to the sessional statement by the Premier. More of what I am looking at is the vision for our people in the communities, where do they see this government going in five, 10, 15 years, and there are so many things that he highlighted in his sessional statement that I look forward to seeing happen within the lifetime of this government. I'm a little more concerned about the devolution and resource revenue sharing in terms of how it is going to affect the small communities and the self-government agreements and other agreements in our region. One issue that's really pressing is the housing in our region and to try and change that in this day and age with the conditions we live in in the community. But I think this government really needs to put a lot of money into housing issues. The houses need to be looked at, and any way that the Minister can look at putting these houses and fixing them up and getting them into the communities needs to be explored more.

The other one, Madam Chair, is the health issues in my region. Today I had the opportunity to go to the health clinic and the good doctor said all systems are a go for me. So I'm glad, because in Yellowknife you have a really good health system here. I was in Tulita, in the Sahtu, last week. Our health system is not as good as Yellowknife. You have to wait a long time for nurses and doctors and to receive some care there with specific things. Here it is really good. So I hope that one day the communities can move closer to see the types of services that I received today in Yellowknife. This government needs to really invest a lot into the health care system and into the regions.

So I guess, Madam Chair, I was looking at this sessional statement and, like Mr. Braden says, it's like a report card and it's a good report card. I applaud the Ministers and Mr. Premier for doing good work with us in tough times, but I think we are stepping up a notch. We had a good meeting in Ottawa with the First Ministers and we got a good deal. I think that should happen with education, health and other issues that the Northwest Territories needs to take notice. I think we are on our way there. So I guess what I am hoping to see is that something that the people back in the communities can say yes, we're doing good, this government is doing good.

There's some hope with the pipeline and we're taking steps in that direction to see some benefits go into the communities and into the North. I hope that there are steps taken that decisions now will be made by our people. Sometimes we do things for our people up at this level here, and sometimes we need to give that responsibility to them to make their own decisions. The Premier mentioned that in his statement, that there is flexibility in terms of being open to how decisions are made and one region doesn't necessarily mean it hasn't been done in other regions. So I think that's the thing that the regions are looking for.

I just wanted to make those few comments, Madam Chair. Thank you.