Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We heard earlier on the other privatization areas where there was a concern of fairness in the process of privatization if it goes out to tender -- as Mr. Picco would say, fairity. But in a small community where you have maybe one operation, you mentioned your earlier response to me about the business community picking up in the economic value of this. In this instance you would have the same amount of money being taken from one pot to another. There's no increase. Instead, you are putting more people off the workforce. There are no guarantees that there would be future employment for those that are being laid off. This is where my concern comes in, again, being a regional centre where these things seem to be taking part more than in larger communities, because this wouldn't affect the smaller communities.

My concern, as we've heard throughout the time we've been in the House and as we've gone through budget plans, is the fairness and dealing compassionately and fairly with employees as well. Now, we've heard some Members here state that the process of tendering and that would be fair, and I would put the other side of the equation there. Will it be fair to those who want the opportunity to be able to stay gainfully employed and possibly take over? Thank you.