Thank you. Certainly I'm aware of the affected staff in any government position that's going to be cut in any community. I'm fully aware of the consequences. We had also felt that in our regions. So I would ask, again, because the Minister had said gradually we're going to look at this and close this facility. Gradually could mean a year, two months. I don't know how long it will take. What I'm saying is that hopefully they'll make a decision here that the amount of dollars being used in this facility can be used in some of the programs that we are asking for in our communities, such as the wilderness camps, community justice programs; culturally relevant, appropriate programs in our facilities. Certainly we could see some utilization of those dollars. Certainly the Minister has a difficult task in terms of deciding what to do with the people in the Arctic Tern here.

Mr. Chair, there's existing facilities such as the one in Fort McPherson. I'm not too sure if that's viable or it's something that you want to look at in terms of the Tl'oondih Healing, or up in Inuvik they have another camp there in Inuvik or something like that where we could use.

Again, it's bothersome that we spent this amount of money for the number of clients. I understand sometimes even two, two clients there. You know, Mr. Minister has said four to six clients are there and I'm not too sure when. However, this is something that I would say on behalf of the region, at least in my region here, they're kind of scratching their heads on this as to how we justify this type of operation with what's known so far about the Arctic Tern facility and the amount of dollars that we're spending to keep it open. Certainly, again, they are looking at different ways to keep this facility open by offering different programs or a different organization may be taking over it.

So, Mr. Chair, I would ask if the Minister here, again, can maybe be a little more clear on his definition of “gradual.” I know it might be difficult for him to answer. Is it going to be a year, two years?