Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The issue of finance is important because over a period of time, we, as a government and people up here, have shown the amount of money that we have to work with. The needs are very high, the wants are high and we have only a certain amount. We have pre-conditions already set for us in terms of borrowing money and the money you get from the government in a grant and the amount of dollars that leave the Northwest Territories and the taxation that we have.

I think that over the years I have known the Minister and his department, they have shown some good results regarding our finances. I don't really understand the macroeconomic policy, so I had to get research to help me understand what it means. It does make sense because of all the multi facets of how we handle our finances. The biggest one is the resource revenue sharing. I am really quite concerned as to whether we've done any work in terms of post resource revenue sharing regime. There are various levels that we are going to have in the Northwest Territories and there has to be one government that has to be the central body. I know other governments are...(inaudible)...and that's true in negotiations in terms of if there's one central government, it needs to work out some very delicate jurisdictions with the other governments in terms of post resource revenue sharing. So everything affects it. I, myself, Mr. Chair, would continue to support this department to continue on with their macroeconomic policy framework and see how it fits into the other governments and how we, as the Northwest Territories, are going to ensure that all the angles are covered, so to speak, in terms of how we deal with finance. So I want to say that to the Minister and I want to ask him some questions later on in terms of the one revenue we do have. I know he's going to have the same answer, in terms of the liquor revenue fund. But again I'm going to make another plea. I just hope my people can get a good explanation. Logically they really can't see it. I'm not in the finance business. He's got some good people to help him explain it, so I might just ask him through a letter. But I think that's important, to let our people know that we have revenue from the sales, and that the majority of this revenue is killing our people in terms of the liquor sales, and people just try to see why is it so difficult just to take some of that revenue, not all of it, to set aside a little bit for the treatment and prevention programs of addictions, specifically alcohol and drugs. The Minister has talked to me many times, other Ministers have talked to me about this issue, and I just need to have a good explanation for our own people back home in my region.

Mr. Chair, the comments I have for the Minister...That's all I have to say to the Minister.