Thank you, Mr. Chair. As the

members know, the BDIC is an independent corporation, although as the Minister I do give written direction to the corporation. I have met with the board and the chair and the president. I’ve indicated to them that one of the priority directions for us as a government is that we want to see benefits or some business development in every community and region in the Northwest Territories.

So that’s the area that we’ll be moving towards. The fact that currently all of the applications are demand-driven — we will have to work extremely hard to make it more balanced across the Territories.