Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, as the process is when the department feels they are running a program that doesn't have the required resources within that department, they would bring a bill forward and it would, in the sense of money bills or requests for more money, come to FMB, which I am Chair of. We would discuss that request at that table and have a vote on it. If a department is able to justify in the eyes of FMB as a whole, the support would be there to proceed and we would identify where we would come up with those monies. So there is a process. The initial stage when there was a request for money, I would inform them that we are not in a position to say yes to that request at that time and I believe the Minister of Education, Culture and Employment, referenced that he would be looking at that initiative and talking with his Cabinet colleagues. In this case, obviously he garnered their support and it has come forward on that basis. So it is still a time of debate that requires decisions to be made.
We have, as chairman of the FMB, been tougher on those requests that have been coming forward. We only have a $20 million supplementary reserve and that's meant for unforeseen emergencies and we are sending the message back that a lot of times the requests that are being made need to go into the business planning process. Members, again, when we get to that process, will be much more involved. I have just updated Members as to what we would be looking to develop as information and going forward on the basis of further reductions. So I continue to work with Members in that area. Ultimately my goal is to try to come up with a balance that we can operate as a government, still provide an adequate level of service and not burden the taxpayer significantly in the Northwest Territories, but unfortunately there are times when we have to. It wasn't my goal in becoming Finance Minister to lead the charge on taxes, but it seems like that is the situation. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.