Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As a Member from the west, especially with regard to Mr. Todd coming from the east, there is a lot of hesitancy from the public of the west asking the question, "Are we getting shafted by this transfer with these new initiatives that are being taken by this government? Are we going to be able to afford, to basically run our government after 1999, with these new initiatives that are being putting into place, especially in regard to the east?" To talk about regional empowerment initiatives in the east, talk about tank farms. You talk about initiatives that is costing not
only ourselves as government but as a cost that we are going to bear in regard to the debt that we are going to carry after 1999. I think that, as a Member from the west, I do have a concern in regard to this matter. I would like it made clear, are we putting ourselves in debt with these new initiatives before 1999?