Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a written question for the Premier regarding the heavy land-based water bombers birdog aircraft and carrying out its mandate to fight forest fires:

1. What specific criteria was used to rationalize offering the entire project to Dene-Metis Holdings Limited?

2. What specific public policy was used to legitimize the government making the offer to Dene-Metis Holdings Limited?

3. Were there any efforts made to evaluate Dene-Metis Holdings Limited's human and fiscal resource capacity prior to Cabinet's decision to offer Dene-Metis Holdings the complete project?

4. If so, was such an evaluation presented to Cabinet as part of the background information used to support the decision and, further, if it was not, what critical information would have been incorporated into a decision paper which would have given Cabinet sufficient confidence that their decision was the most appropriate decision?

Thank you.