Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Let me say first of all, that, as one of the Members has mentioned, we are spending $128 million a year; an average of $3,000 per resident as a subsidy. So every day we're doing what we can to help with the cost of living. In addition to that, Mr. Speaker, there are a number of initiatives underway. The one the Minister of Finance just referenced, that is with the northern residents' deduction. That is one that we will be looking at as an immediate way, assuming we can attract the federal government's interest in it. We also have a number of long-term issues we're dealing on. Energy costs is a big one, looking at hydro. Transportation costs. We're looking at creative proposals on Corridors for Canada and connecting Canada from Coast to Coast to Coast to reduce the transportation costs. One the honourable Member has mentioned often is reducing the cost of government, and that's one that's very much in consideration all the time as we're doing business as a government. Mr. Speaker, there are a number of other things we're doing on increasing employment. We all know that if more people are working, more people are earning incomes, then that is going to help to meet the rising cost of living in the North.

So, Mr. Speaker, there's a whole range of things we're doing all the time and we don't grumble about the subsidies we have to provide, the $128 million, but it is an ongoing cost to our government and a necessary one. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.