This was a unique situation, in my opinion. It was the final negotiations with respect to the

transfer of responsibilities for Arctic B and C airports. I cannot speak for the government but I do not believe it was government policy. It was done in a manner which I think was fair and was not meant to circumvent anyone or any process. It certainly is not a process that we would encourage as part of government policy. It was a unique situation, the transfer of the Arctic B and C airports, there were overexpenditures for things such as Fort McPherson emergency snow blower repairs, Fort Good Hope, Pangnirtung, Repulse Bay, Lake Harbour, et cetera. It was an honest attempt to reach an appropriate compromise in a situation that gave us two legal opinions which were going nowhere. Again, I cannot speak for the government, but it certainly is not part of government policy. I suspect this was a unique situation due to the negotiations which were under way between the GNWT and Transport Canada, with regard to taking over the responsibility for B and C airports.