The communities, through the Aboriginal governments and other non-government agencies and volunteers, also support the veterinarians that come up from the University of Calgary along with ENR, because there’s no budget line item for this type of support they are doing, because it’s good business, it’s because you’re helping dogs, you’re helping dog owners, you’re doing a service that’s greatly appreciated by the people in Good Hope, the Wells, Colville, Deline, Tulita. And that if we have a bad year then, you know, it’s a discretionary funding.

I think if the Minister maybe within his department can have some reconsideration to see if this makes sense. I don’t know what goes on within the department in terms of putting programming budgets together or if it’s high on the priority list. I’m

just asking that we’re doing this service here, because it makes sense and it’s because there are some real good people in the department in the communities that are making it happen and also with the University of Calgary being very successful putting this program together and to see if there could be a budget line item added to it. I think that we’re late this year to do it and I’m hoping that we could do it maybe in the next government that will have some consideration to put some arguments, I guess, in favour or support into it to move it forward to another level. Or it may be something bigger than I’m talking about right now. I just see that this is a good program and while the government recognizes that it’s a valuable service to the people, there is still no program or budget line item attached to it. I’m certainly willing to take that we missed the boat on this budget line item. It’s not an issue for me. The issue is can we put it somewhere and they can have some discussion, because the department will still run whether we’re here or not. The department will still run on doing things. That’s what I’m asking for. I know it doesn’t stop when we’re asked to dissolve this Assembly and come back for a new Assembly. That’s what I’m asking for, if they can give some serious consideration to put this program into a budget line item for consideration. Of course, it has to go through all the hoops to make in there, and that’s what I’m asking, because I see the benefits, I’ve personally experienced it, and I think the dog owners would be very happy in the Sahtu. Thank you.