Thank you, Madam Chair. I, too, just want to make a couple of comments in regard to the Children First Centre and knowing that is precedent setting and that coming out of this, if government is able to create a policy in which it tops up funding for registered NGOs in the Territories to be able to run their programs and to create capital projects, such as the hard work of the dedicated people of the community of Inuvik, I think this government should be supporting those kind of programs seeing as how we’re in a fiscal restraint. When a community can work hard and help find funding for 80 percent of a project, a big project at that, that’s going to be able to house up to 120 students that will be both projects indoors and outdoors, as well, having all the donations, in-kind donations, the fundraising that went on, I think that it’s a positive project. It’s a big win for the government and people of the Northwest Territories.
I do thank all committee members. I know we’ve had a lot of discussion on this item since we got back into the House here and the first time that we saw it on the capital budget. There have been a lot of concerns, and I appreciate that we had some good dialogue on this and that some Members on this side of the House are in favour of supporting the program. Anything that comes out if it, I think that a policy should be developed where we can look at topping up NGOs that do a lot of work in the Northwest Territories.
I commend the Minister and his staff for looking at ways to get this project on the books, and I appreciate the hard work, and the community of Inuvik appreciates your commitment and support to not only early childhood development but to the future of our community and the Northwest Territories. Thank you, Madam Chair.