Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, this is a complex issue. We are working in a number of areas to make sure that we have the correct balance of pay, benefits and compensation. We just finished an extensive job health job review where there was nearly 500 positions assessed, and slightly less than half went up, slightly less than half stayed the same, and 25 would drop somewhat. Those 25 are being appealed. The intent was to better recognize some of the complex skills in some of the positions like OR nurses and intensive care nurses and some of those other professions, that they were adequately compensated.

There was a recognition, to a large extent, that they were under compensated. So that has been dealt with.

We're also in a process of coming forward with a program that's going to better compensate and recognize the challenges to nurses working in the small communities; the one, two, three and four-nurse stations.

We also have a professional development fund that's open yearly to each employee. It's nearly $300,000; about $1,900...Sorry, I'm not reading this right. It's about $1.9 million budgeted for 2003-04 for professional development. There is another $239,000 budgeted in 2003-04 for advanced nurse mentorship. There is $156,000 for social work mentorship, and $110,000 budgeted for education leave; $277,000 budgeted for the nurse practitioner education bursary; $373,000 budgeted for the student support program, formerly the northern development program -- it's designed to assist northern students pursuing careers in health and social services -- $106,000 for southern educational program, a remissible bursary; and $80,000 for medical bursaries for NWT students who are away at school. This totals, for 2003-04, $3.339 million. Thank you.