Thank you, Madam Chair. The people in the small communities and the communities around here can surgically skin a moose pretty well. We know how, we have the creative initiatives and, as Mr. Roland said, they want to surgically look at the budget here. Giving the people in our regions some flexibility in terms of looking at the fiscal realities in our communities, we could do some good work in terms of how to save money, how to share cost money, and how to put money to good use. I think there could be some incentives for communities to go through that exercise. I think we are big enough now and we have enough training.
I think the point that Mr. Allen was leading to, and I would like to talk to, is the aboriginal governments, the communities, and this government looking at how we could deal with the formula financing with Ottawa. What they are doing is just not right in taking our dollars out of here and giving us back only a few pennies. It has to stop. People are saying that, why don't you guys stop it, you are government, do something about this otherwise we are going to continue holding our hand out. If we do this, then the communities are going to continue doing this too, holding their hand out for one of the programs we want to take over and they need the dollars to back it.
Madam Chair, just a comment in terms of supporting the Minister in all of his initiatives to go get the dollars out of
Ottawa. Senator Nick Sibbeston wanted to do a name change and I said you know we should be calling ourselves Robin Hood because Ottawa is robbing from our land. That is all I have to say. Thank you.