Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions this morning are for the Minister of Finance. They will cover some of the aspects of how our government goes about contracting and funding some of our non-government organizations.
Mr. Speaker, I have had the experience, I think as many northerners have as volunteers, to work on boards and agencies that have gone through considerable efforts and sometimes angst to get their books, programs and plans in order and then have them go through the government inspection, review, rinse, wash and spin cycle, sometimes taking many weeks into a fiscal year before you know whether you have your commitment, and, in the meantime, staff and everything else is very uncertain.
Mr. Speaker, do our current policies and financial arrangements allow for long-term arrangements to be made with organizations? Do we have that flexibility in our financial administration systems? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.