Good morning, and thank you all candidates for putting your name forward today. And thank you to Mr. Thompson. Congratulations as being our new Speaker.
As someone from the regional community, I have witnessed and have many residents raise the concern that we were slowly losing any decision-making authority in our regions. Our last government made a priority to increase regional decision-making authority. In my opinion, this did not happen. So my question for the candidates today is how important would regional decision-making be in your term as Premier if elected, and how do you vision this happening? Thank you.