Thank you very much for that information. Another quick question that a couple of the other Members were referring to insofar as other expenses go in the breakdown of other expenses; in particular, travel. I know that the government travel budget is still significantly high, according to a lot of Members, but a lot of the travel for a lot of the department members and their employees is directly related to their actual responsibilities in their positions, and increasing their performance, and carrying out a better service for the public. On the flipside of the coin, I also realize that there is extensive travel for a lot of GNWT employees to attend functions or workshops, which the cost benefit of attending these workshops and conferences every year just starts getting smaller and smaller insofar as getting a real benefit for the amount of money that the government puts into it every year. I am just wondering if that type of travel where the employees and other government members are going to certain conferences and stuff where they are going just for the sake of going because they went last year and the year before and the year before, and really not receiving the real benefit as if they went to this conference for the first time as opposed to going for the tenth time. Has the government ever looked at reductions in that area of travel in the overall financial framework? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I am hoping that through the exercise we have identified with departments on a 25 percent reduction that they would take those types of trips and be the first ones to drop off. It is something that we will continue to monitor as a government. For example, in the area within our department, the number of trips for duty travel conferences is about 41, and that works out to about $300 per employee that does that. So definitely not everybody goes on these things. Some of them are requirements when it comes to keeping certain classifications up to date, but hopefully through that 25 percent reduction, and as we have been told by Members to look at tightening that up even more, departments are doing their due diligence and seeing what areas are required. I agree that we see a lot of people travelling to different conferences even though they are held in the Territories, that is an area we are going to have to look at going forward as well. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Villeneuve.

Thank you, Mr. Chair. I just want to thank the Minister for his answers, and I have no further questions on 2-39. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Villeneuve. Mr. Delorey.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My line of questioning was in the same area as Mr. Villeneuve's. I have gotten my questions answered so I will pass it along. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Delorey. We are still on page 2-39. The dollar figure for 2-39 is $4.999 million.

Going to page 2-41.

The total amount is $1.238 million.

Page 2-41, directorate, grants and contributions, the total contribution is $1.238 million.

Total grants and contributions, $1.238 million.

Page 2-43, labour relations and compensation services, operations expense, total operations expense is $7.576 million. Ms. Lee.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Could I get a breakdown on the other expenses for $2.1 million? Thank you.

Thank you, Ms. Lee. Mr. Minister.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The breakdown for the operations expense, travel and transportation is $163,000; materials and supplies is $150,000; purchased services is $174,000; contract services is $762,000; fees and payments are $199,000; other expenses are $439,000 and again, that breaks down to the chargeback for the human resources system. Then computer hardware and software for $263,000. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Minister. Mr. Hawkins.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ms. Lee asked my questions, so I will forego my question.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. Mr. Ramsay.