May I thank the Minister for moving right into my next question ever so perfectly. He talks about priority. Mr. Speaker, the priority is that when this initiative first was born, MACA was one of the leaders in this initiative. When he talks about some people backed away, Mr. Speaker, that’s because people are tired of waiting for the initiative to come together. It’s really only focussed on the fact that it’s a funding issue with a couple of these communities that have backed away and that is 27 out of 33 communities that support this. Speaking of numbers, seven of the 33 communities represent 77 percent of the communities.
Mr. Speaker, I will be the first to acknowledge that every community or every region has specific needs and I think it’s incumbent among all of us to make sure we try to answer those specific needs of each region or community. That includes Yellowknife sometimes. I know it’s a hard issue to deal with, but, Mr. Speaker, what would hold the Minister back from doing a current assessment of the partners out there who want this, to find out how much money they have prepared? Because I can speak to you right now for the City of Yellowknife, they have money set aside right now for this initiative. So what would hold the Minister back from doing a current assessment of the preparedness that several communities are ready to go with this? Thank you.