First of all, I have to disagree, Mr. Speaker. I disagree with the Member that the subsidies have not reduced the cost of living. It doesn’t reduce the cost of goods. It has a way of masking the true cost of things, but it does reduce the cost of what the consumers are paying, whether it be housing or power subsidies. You get a subsidy on your power and thus reduce them.

The secondthing, Mr. Speaker,in terms of the work of the reducing the cost of living committee, is that a lot of our projects are long term and involve substantial investments such as building roads and connecting our communities. They do travel through the communities, especially in our remote centres. People will tell you that if they had all weather access or better access or more winter access and were able to bring the goods in, not by air but in a more economical way, that would help us with the cost of living issues. We have investment in that area.

We are working with the ministerial committee on energy to look at all options, alternative energy options, including building hydro, because I believe and we believe that the government needs to look at the long term and make those investments so that we fix the problems for the future as well as what we are doing now. Thank you.