Thank you, Mr. Chair. Just want to have a couple of opening remarks. I was looking at page 261, just before the 262 and 263, and you have 331 positions for Yellowknife and 122 for the rest, the regions and the small communities. The way it lists it is North Slave as 246 and headquarters as 85, but very deceiving the way all the booklets that we've been receiving right from the beginning, since I started here; 246 for North Slave and 85 for headquarters, that's 331 positions in this area. Wow, that's a lot of positions.

The ministry used the term "sharing" in a previous reply. Sharing is extremely important when it comes to the wealth of the Northwest Territories. We depend on government positions in the smaller communities and regions, also. At some point, there has to be either more positions developed for the outlying regions and for the small communities. I, too, agree that the Integrated Case Management program is a great program. That's why I said that, if we don't get at least one position in Fort Smith and one in Inuvik, then I'm not going to be voting for the budget. I firmly believe that we have to start somewhere, and I don't see us doing that.

My question is: evaluations are great. I'm sure the evaluation of the integrated case management program had a great evaluation because terms and conditions that are referenced in an evaluation are usually provided by the department, and you know what the outcome is going to be. I like the outcome, but I really would like an outcome, too, for the region of people that I represent in Thebacha. As we should also look after the Inuvik region, for a start. Do you believe in decentralizing some of these programs that are all offered here? I want to know your answer to that.