Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today, in my Member's statement, I alluded to the closure of the Hay River abattoir. It was a very good statement, and I was completely thrown off course by the Member, my colleague from Thebacha, over there shaking his head and making hand motions. It was, as usual, going to be a very good statement. I must confess he did throw me off.
In followup to that Member's statement, I am not going to ask the Minister for Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development to revisit history and explain the rationale behind terminating the five-year agreement between the company which managed the Hay River abattoir, Western Arctic Foods, and his department. But I would like to hear from the Minister some reassurances that all of this effort and money invested was not in vain, and that there is a concise plan in place to make sure this facility gets up and running again. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.