Thank you, Mr. Chair. I’m realizing this mid-term process is really about picking out my weaknesses. I already told you I’m not very good at social media, so let’s talk about politics. When I first came in, I came in for the work. I did not know politics. I did not know and in fact, I knocked on a door in my constituent and I apologize to the man. In my riding, who was a Premier, I did not know Joe Handley, you know, honestly, so I did not know the difference between consensus and party politics. I learned that. That is a steep learning curve that I took and I was open, so it actually gave me – I was open. I didn’t know the difference, so I was open to hearing. What I heard though is that party politics does not work for small communities. Having one voice does not always work for smaller places that they can’t skip. The initiatives actually won’t address their needs within those communities and I adhere to that. One policy does not work for all people. We need to make people’s needs the priority, not the party politics.
The biggest gap of not having party politics is that I have no one to blame. I have to take all the responsibility on myself. I can’t say it’s about a political stance, so for me, the biggest gap is that I’m on my own as a Minister. I have to take responsibility for my own faults, my own actions, and that is a benefit because I get to define my own path as well. Thank you, Mr. Chair.