Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Member referenced other positions within government and this not being dovetailed with the other departments. A resource economist would have a certain skill set in how they would develop models and plans. What we are looking for here is something that would help government overall, not just for the pipeline area but for all impacts in the Northwest Territories, and it just so happens that we have a very large one on the horizon being the Mackenzie Valley pipeline. We know as a government that we are not prepared for that at this time. So we need to take the necessary steps to ensure that we are prepared and that we have the right information so that all departments can build their plans around that, and as we build our fiscal equation as well, that we have the right information when we make our arguments, whether it's to the federal government or how we put our other deals together with companies that would be working in the Northwest Territories. So this area, even though there are similar positions within RWED, they are more on the resource economist area of work and this would be much different in terms of the social cumulative impacts of what would happen, for example, with the increased development. What happens with the crime rate? What happens on the social side of the scale and then building that information together so we can be better prepared?
As I stated earlier, when we initially looked at this, as this government, the 15th Assembly, we could see that a lot of departments were trying to be prepared and they were coming forward with different submissions all to do with something similar. We sent them back to say that it's not the right approach and we want to see a more coordinated approach to this whole area. That was done and that is why you see this. This one section deals with a number of departments, because we feel that it needs to be more coordinated and that's the approach we are taking. So it's not the best, but we do have to be prepared and this is the minimum that we are looking at to get prepared, so that we can have the proper information as a government to build the plans and the business case that we would need.