Thank you, Mr. Chair. I wanted to get back to this and the more I think about this, the more I think there's reason to discuss this. I know the Minister knows I'm supportive of the concept of bringing all these programs under one roof. That is indisputable. I mean, I think that should happen and the sooner it happens, the better. But the fact of the matter, Mr. Chairman, that remains is it's costing the Government of the Northwest Territories more to do this than it should. Again, from an administrative point of view, this shift is going to cost us more money. If you look at the government's track record in amalgamation of our HR department, if you look at the division of the departments, of ITI and ENR, it always costs more money and, Mr. Chairman, I don't understand why, as a government, when we're going to go into a process like this, we don't look at everything and put all the cards on the table, understand where it is you want to get to and go there. But why it costs $1.3 million more to do the same work you're doing right now is beyond me. There's something about that that I just can't comprehend.

Again, I'm going to state for the record that I'm very supportive of what you're trying to do, but it should not cost more money. I don't understand that. We rush out at the drop of a hat, we rush out and hire people. That's always the answer, Mr. Chairman, always the answer. Just hire more people, just pay more money. Ultimately, Mr. Chairman, the thing that really bothers me about this is the $1.3 million is not going to go to the people who need it, and that's really bothersome, Mr. Chairman. That's $1.3 million that's not going to get to where it's needed.

We had a discussion in the House the other day about day cares and the inequity in day cares and how they are funded, how charity leases are allowed to take place, Mr. Chairman. We don't have money, we can't treat all the day cares the same way, but yet here we are, $1.3 million, it's no problem, just rush out, do it, hire some people, hire the people that are going to look after this. There's something about this that, to me, is fundamentally wrong and it's not being fiscally responsible. We only have so much money and why we can't take the resources we have and direct them to do what we want them to do, I have no idea. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.