Thank you, Mr. Chair. When the electricity subsidy that we have budgeted for to soften the rate shock is concluded, then we will transition to that significant rate increase, but over time as opposed to an increase that was initially potentially going to happen all in one year or two years and be very, very high.
I make note that the Minister of Health and Social Services is here about the Child and Family Services Act review and he will be in a position to speak to that. In fact, we do have a new revenue source that we’re working on, looking at. Of course, it’s tied initially to devolution, and that revenue source is the Resource Revenue Sharing Agreement that is part and parcel of that Devolution Agreement. In the longer term, it will also be the levers and opportunities that allows us to create and manage land, water and resource development as a territory.
We will look forward to the debate on midwifery again. There is a stabilizer program in Fort Smith, Hay River scheduled for next year. The year after that, I believe the plan is for some type of midwifery presence in Inuvik. I will look forward, as well, to the Member’s specific references where she thinks addictions and prevention has been mislabelled in her opinion to make it look like we are doing things…(inaudible)…
There is slightly over a million dollars in the budget to offset some of the declining CMHC funding. In addition to that, we are also looking at the possible divestment of some of the older units, as well, and a number of other things in terms of efficiencies and trying to cut our costs in terms of operation. It is a challenge.
Once again, we share the agreement on a continued focus on early childhood development as well as, as the Member has indicated, we’ll see what the Anti-Poverty Strategy tells us. We are prepared to respond when that’s done. Thank you.