Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm just going to make some comments, and I don't really need any response to save time. When I look at the budget, it kind of reminds me of when I go into a grocery store while hungry. I come back out, and I end up with a whole bunch of spoiled food. At the same time, I realize that we have to do something, and the reality of the North is that we do have limited resources here with respect to businesses and workers. We keep saying that we want Northern businesses to get all the work, we want all our people to be working. We do have enough, there is enough in here to keep us going probably for years. We have to also be real about the capacity of the North. I think that's important when we're looking at this budget, these capital projects. We have to make sure that what I'd like to see we focus on areas that we're deficient in. There are things in there already. We do know we need municipal infrastructure. It would be nice to see some tourism facilities like makerspaces. One important thing is long-term care facilities, very much needed, especially in Hay River. The other thing is treatment centres. We talk about it, but it's always better to put them down South. Those are some of the areas that we should be looking at, as well.

With respect to contracts, I'd like to see them broken down to where smaller businesses can actually have a piece of them. That's one complaint I get quite a bit is that they don't have that opportunity. The other thing to ensure is that when we're looking at these capital projects that we can consider the training component, as well. We always have that opportunity to ensure that some of them will go on, and in two, three, four years, we'll have tradespeople, which we drastically need here in the North. I know that personally, from being in business. We throw this out there. There is lots in there. We all want to see maybe funds put into different areas. We want to see different projects. We want projects for our communities, but at the same time, we have to make sure we're doing what our people need at this moment in time and concentrate on that. I just ask the Minister and Cabinet to look at that and consider where our needs really are with respect to this. Thank you, Madam Chair.