Thank you, Mr. Speaker. To my Member’s statement earlier in terms of the Budget Dialogue, as Members know we do go through our business planning session in September and as soon as that’s done, we have a really strong debate and try to get into the budget in terms of programs and services for the residents of the Northwest Territories. In some cases, it’s been pretty challenging and tough at times. Earlier in my Member’s statement, I did talk about how the Minister of Finance took his Budget Dialogue out on the road starting October 8th after the business

planning session.

At what avenue and how do recommendations from the dialogues from the seven regional centres or recommendations coming in from the 11 individuals and organizations, how can these recommendations that we’re getting from people of the Northwest Territories get into the budget when, as Members, we have challenges to get some of our priorities in the operational budget? What avenue is the Minister using to get priorities brought forth by territorial organizations into the budget that we are going to be starting tomorrow? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.