Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I am going to support the motion that is before us for many of the reasons my colleagues have talked about. With all due

respect, I think to my colleague from the Sahtu and others, I know these are regional positions, but I have been consistent with challenging the government on job position growth and I am believer, Mr. Chairman, that the government has a systemic inability to manage its human resources, always has had and continues to have. We really need to focus more on the future and come up with a comprehensive plan.

What I see happening, Mr. Chairman, is the government just reacting to things, knee-jerk reactions and hiring people as a result of knee-jerk reactions. This is just a case in point. The Hay River pipeline office is another case in point. The macroeconomic policy shop is another case in point, if I could. Those positions are in Yellowknife. I question those. I question these. I think we really need to put the brakes on position growth at least until the 16th Assembly comes through the doors and they can conduct a zero-base review of all positions government wide. I don't agree with these positions. Coordination on the pipeline file, in my opinion, continues to be haphazard at best. Again, these were only supposed to be for two years, these positions. We are going to keep them around for another couple of years. Haven't they concluded the work they were intended to do? There is no resource, Mr. Chairman. There is none. So are we fooling ourselves or what? I can't see us supporting this, Mr. Chairman. Thank you.