Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Member is correct in what we need to do with the government. It is our duty to ensure that the money that we are spending on behalf of the residents of the Northwest Territories is spent in an effective and efficient manner.

What we are doing here, as I see it, of the human resource service centres, is to put a more coordinated approach in. Once we have the mechanics of this done right and have the policies to make sure that we are doing the job that we need to and have to do, once we have that in place, then, yes, it would be much easier to focus on overall government employment status as well as where we are going with our employees across the board.

Right now it is very disjointed -- I guess is the word to use -- in how we deal with employees; how the hiring practices are done and when the employees leave the employment of the Government of the Northwest Territories, how it's followed through. This process is one to make sure that we can do the job right. Once we have the mechanics of that set up, we will then be able to better look at ourselves as a government and the staffing complement that we have. That is something we are going to have to do as a government.

As pointed out, a large amount of the resources we have go to paying for the staff that we have in place, but we must also consider the fact that on a daily basis we are requested to put more staff into communities to fund critical areas. That is something that we have to look at and, again, make sure that we can deliver the core programs we have as a Government of the Northwest Territories. Thank you.