Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. I’m going to support the motion that’s before us on the milk subsidy program. I want to commend my colleague Mr. Bromley for having the sense and the courage to bring something like this forward. I think it shows a great deal of creativity. As a government I think we need to start somewhere, and this is a good place to start.

I think milk is absolutely a requirement in a child’s nutrition, and we need to make sure that children can get milk in the smaller communities where it’s costly. You know, I’ve been to Inuvik, and it’s interesting how the government can subsidize the sale of liquor in our communities. The price at the liquor store here in Yellowknife isn’t much different than it is in Inuvik. But if you look at the price of milk in Yellowknife compared to Inuvik, it’s a great deal different. There’s something wrong with that picture, Mr. Speaker, if the government is subsidizing the sale of liquor when we should be giving our parents, especially in the smaller communities, the opportunity to choose between pop and milk. If there’s a subsidy in place that would allow them to purchase more milk for their families, I think that’s a step in the right direction.

Part of the vision of the Government of Northwest Territories is Healthy Choices, healthy individuals making healthy choices. Again, I think this speaks to that. It’s a principle motion. This is going to be developed. It’s going to be taken through the committee system. It’s going to be, you know, poked and prodded by Members until we get a final version of it. So this isn’t the last that we’re going to hear of it. This is the principle and something that I fully support. Again, I want to thank Mr. Bromley for his creativity. We need to start somewhere as a government, and this is a great place to start.