This requires agreement in this House to increase the funding. I am not too sure if we even have an appetite for this by the Members. Of course, we have to find funding elsewhere and it’s got to go through a whole process here to seek an increase for funding. I am not sure if there’s an appetite, like I said, to increase the Metis funding for the locals here in terms of their operation. It is a good gesture by this government. No doubt about it. You know, for the Metis people for $13,235. You know how much it costs now to operate an office? Even ourselves as MLAs, we get budgets here to operate our own office here. You are talking about a Metis Nation of people who are working hard to establish themselves here. There is different Metis funding and this is nice funding to have. I will let the Minister know that the Metis in the Sahtu that I represent certainly appreciate the funding. It’s something that this government has done more than the federal government in terms of funding. I am not sure if we can entertain some kind of funding review of this.
As I said, Mr. Chair, I have been here for the past six years and this has always been the same, even with the increase of doing business in the North. I just wanted to know if there is any type of appetite to look at an increase of this part of the budget here. Thank you, Mr. Chair.