Thank you, Madam Speaker. Also to the Minister responsible for the Public Utilities Board. Madam Speaker, I understand that the general rate application of the NWT Power Corporation is very detailed and complicated. I was very surprised to learn how voluminous the application and the response to information requests by the Public Utilities Board actually are. I'm told the binders make a stack almost half a metre high. I think that's almost two feet.

I'm not sure how many hundreds or thousands of pages are included, but I can imagine the hundreds of hours spent by the Power Corporation staff preparing and analysing those documents. My question is, can the Minister responsible for the PUB tell us whether the board has any guidelines or policies regulating the detail necessary for such applications? But, Madam Speaker, before he answers, could I request consent to extend question period?