Mahsi, Madam Chair. I don't think deleting the $491,000 is going to make much difference on our macroeconomic policy capacity building, so I can't really support the motion on that basis. I would like the government to take notice that just throwing money out there and hiring more people doesn't mean we are going to come out with all the answers. I would like to see the GNWT develop a macroeconomic policy framework that applies to the government itself, and then have a one- policy framework for the NWT. I think a lot of times a lot
of departments are just going off on a tangent and taking a lot out of their departments with it. Then we wind up with a whole government that's gone awry with respect to any large development issues that are coming our way and ones that are on our doorstep.
So with that, I also can't support a policy because I know, like my friend was just talking about, we have a lot of things coming our way and it's good to get a good, clear picture of where the government fits into the whole scheme of things and how we can make our situation better for the future. I hope this is something that is not an ongoing revolving door policy framework that is going to be developed with pieces added as we go along. I hope you get a clear understanding of where we sit in the federation and in the NWT after spending all this money. Thank you, Madam Chair.