Thank you. You know, a lot of those concerns I believe we actually addressed in the last Assembly. I was a Regular Member in the 18th Assembly, and I was as frustrated as anyone when I would hear about something through the news. And so I took great pains in the last government to ensure that we were working with Regular Members the way that I wanted to be worked with when I was a Regular Member. It's not always easy. Sometimes, you know, I'll learn of something being publicly announced moments before it is and I'll do my best to fire off emails to all of the Members. Sometimes you don't quite get it, but there's definitely an effort put into that. And my office has learned a lot about how to do this and how to work with the Members. And I want to take those lessons that I've implemented and implement them across Cabinet. So ensure there are structures in place that will ensure that that happens and that, you know, Ministers' offices are supported to better work with the Regular Members. And there's a number of opportunities for the Members to work with Cabinet. We have countless meetings with the Members. We sit in this House, and we hear concerns from Members. I can assure everyone that all of that is absorbed and feeds into any decision-making that we have. There's always opportunities to do more. When I got onto Cabinet, I took what the issues I saw, and I addressed them. We're going to -- there's going to be more Members -- there are returning Members in this House as well. I want to hear what they thought worked well. And if we can address those issues address those as well. Speak with the new Members and see what they think we need to do and address those as well. So there are plenty of opportunities to do this. And it's imperative that we do it because, of course, we're a minority government; we all have to work together. And I have a good feeling about this group. I think we can do that, and I look forward to doing it. Thank you.
R.J. Simpson on Questions by Members
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