Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The non-government sector, we do have a difference of definitions, obviously. Clearly the non-government sector as we look at it, and that’s where you look at the multi-year funding aspect as contracting services by the Government of the Northwest Territories to these organizations. I would say in fact the Executive is already playing that role. When you look at the multi-year funding approach, that came through Cabinet. The work that we’re doing now on the Stabilization Fund, that’s come through Cabinet. As well, the NGO forum that’s put in place to pull the groups together, that’s still in place. It won’t stop, as was pointed out and I think the Member’s touched on it as well, the role that we have in having a unifying approach but still allowing departments to do their work. For example, if the Department of Health and Social Services is doing a review of funding and funding levels in certain areas, it would make sense that they look into that before entering into multi-year funding, because I know the organizations would not be pleased if they signed a three-year agreement and in the second year of it it’s reduced
because of the changing role that’s being looked at, if a situation like that was to arise.
I would say already within Executive we do play that liaison role. We just don’t have a specific person with a title of NGO. We clearly have that workload shared amongst our staff and we coordinate with other departments.