Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this government respects and honours the seniors in the Northwest Territories. We're probably the only government in Canada that provides this kind of fuel subsidy to our residents, but we don't have money right now to make this a universal program and there are a lot of seniors who can afford to pay for their own fuel.
There are seniors who have had government jobs and have pensions. So not everybody is going to be treated exactly the same right now. The program is set up that we have to live within the money that was budgeted. It was approved by Members of this House in February of this year. I'm prepared to look at all of the options. But you
know, as Mr. Ramsay said earlier today, we don't have a lot of money to respond to last-minute issues. So when prices go up all of a sudden, it hurts us. When the federal government cuts us all of a sudden, it hurts us. We don't have the flexibility to all of a sudden just start adding to our programs halfway through the year. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.