Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I know, from talking to operators, that operators tell me they need to see better contributions. I know, from talking to parents, they tell me they need to see greater contributions. But what we have right now is that we have a situation where we have a program. Everybody knows when they come in what the levels of support are. I would dearly love to have the money to increase the support to them, and I am confident that we will see that. I am confident that our Premier will go above Minister Dryden's head, to the Prime Minister, and we will see this money come in on an equitable basis into the Northwest Territories, so we can add to the program.
The Member makes it sound like we are losing spaces, we are losing day care operators. There is always a turnover of operations and spaces. On March 31, 2002, there were 76 programs in the Northwest Territories, and at March 31, 2005, there were 99 programs in the Territories. So programs have increased in that period of time, and we have increased not just the programs, but the total number of registered spaces in the Northwest Territories, over the same period of time, by 150. So, Mr. Speaker, the program is not a total failure. Yes, it could use more money, but with that sort of growth over the four years, we can say that the people are finding a way to operate.