Mr. Chairman, my point is that we are telling other people to tighten their belts, operate within your expenditure levels and basically be cognizant of the situation around you, and yet again we have communities that are in a deficit situation. People have to pay more power rates. People are paying more in regards to their water bills. People are paying more by way of their expenditures in their communities and basically they are telling us that they are struggling, but yet they see government operating in this manner. No wonder they get frustrated with the way government spends its money.

You are telling somebody to do something. You should practice what you preach, especially when it comes to people in the Northwest Territories and municipalities and governments so that they basically operate like this. Any time they have a deficit, they can just call for more dollars and say, oh, I am not going to have to worry about the department and government. I’m going to get bailed out anyways, so I will just go to the Legislative Assembly and get a supp for $20 million and it will be hunky dory. We are in business again.

I think this government has to face the reality that you are accountable to the public. When you spend money, it should be within good reason. When we are given more money than they actually need and they still run deficits, I think there is something wrong with the picture.