Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Mr. Speaker, in terms of being able to relax and not sit at the edge of the seat, the places that we are staying now in Yellowknife are really nice. I think we're okay. I'm speaking for myself, Mr. Chairman.
I wanted to talk about the Cultural Enhancement Commission and I think it was a really good move. In one of your documents, one of your goals is to include the promotion of the Legislature as a place of the people and the place of the people is here in the Northwest Territories. So I think you are following up that and I support that 100 percent.
I'm a little bit sceptical in terms of working on some of the issues that Mr. Braden indicated in terms of Japanese tourism, because of the conflict we may be in with other organizations in Yellowknife that are also vying for tourism with the Japanese. So I would be cautious in terms of that and where the money is coming from. So just a little caution there. I'm not opposed to this. I'm just being cautious in terms of what may happen or what may transpire.
For the Cultural Enhancement Commission, I look forward to the type of work that they're going to do in the Legislative Assembly and how this place is going to hopefully transform into a place that truly represents the culture and the values of the people in the Northwest Territories, especially the first people in the North; the aboriginal people. That has to really come out here. So I support that.
The issue of us as MLAs in our small communities and our constituencies, the demographics are so different that one region has an all-weather road and another region has fly-in for my community. Certain times of the year we can drive through the region on the winter road system. When we don't use the highways as the most economic means of travel, our budget seems to go up quite high. So I'm hoping that we can have some discussion in those areas in terms of looking at some of those numbers that would reflect the true cost of travel and doing our business in these communities that are higher than the southern parts of the Northwest Territories. I would appreciate a comment from the Speaker in terms of any type of consideration that has gone on within his department in that area. Thank you.