Thank you, Mr. Chair. It would be really easy just to repeat what these two said, so I’m not going to waste time saying the same things, with the exception of the recreation positions.

I was sad when the original notifications went out to the employees. We heard that a bunch of the recreation positions were going to get cut, given that it was in our strategic plan. I’m very happy the department reconsidered, and I’m very happy the department put those positions back in. I think they’re incredibly important to the youth of the Northwest Territories.

I share the same areas of concern as Mr. Ramsay. In addition, although I don’t believe that MACA’s necessarily the right department to be the central department or the central spokesperson for the voluntary sector of the Government of the Northwest Territories — although I believe the voluntary sector should be speaking to a central body, probably somebody in the Executive as far as a point of contact for the entire sector — currently it is under MACA.

I have to say I was a little disappointed that the voluntary sector was pretty much completely ignored, specifically the VSI — the Voluntary Sector Initiative. I think that project, that group, had significant value and provided great opportunities for this government to step up and work with a central coordinating body for the voluntary sector in the Northwest Territories, to move forward and find those relationships that will be important for the GNWT and the voluntary sector. I’m quite disappointed the support to the Volunteer NWT is non-existent. I’m disappointed the Volunteer NWT is shutting their doors. I think it’s a loss to the Northwest Territories. I think it’s a loss to the government. I think it’s a loss to everybody. I think we had an opportunity to develop a really solid relationship. Sure, we would have had to kick in some money, and I think it’s a little short-sighted that we didn’t.

I’ll probably be asking some questions about that, and as usual, I’ll be asking my questions about position reductions as well. That’s it.