Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question is for the Premier. Mr. Speaker, I was very pleased to hear that, through negotiations between the Executive and Health and Social Services, full-time jobs have been restored, as I understand, in four communities in Baffin Island for GLOs who are now going to take on duties delivering social assistance, I believe. This is great news, Mr. Speaker, but I would just like to ask the Premier why it was necessary to put these people through the hell of getting notice that their jobs were being cut in half and all the anxiety that entails -- five days to reply and all of that -- when, as I think Members of the House said at the time, there was a possible solution at hand?
Why did the government do it backwards? Why didn't they negotiate the new jobs rather than giving lay-off notices and then negotiating the new jobs? Thank you.