Thank you, Madam Chair. The Mid-Term Review has given us an opportunity for all Members and the Ministers to speak about where we have been and where we need to go, presented our constituency concerns and our personal concerns. Our question process was long. We set a record in the length of time we met. I think we are at something like 16 hours now. The process has been productive. While we were all concerned about the timeframe this process has taken, we have to remember one of the responsibilities that we have in addition to being the questioners of government programs is to keep the public informed and to do things in the public is extremely important. We have to ensure that the public can view and assess the work that we are doing.
Under the new committee system, more business has occurred in the standing committees. Therefore, we have to continually make efforts to ensure that we communicate with the public. A lot of ground work has been covered over the last two days through statements, questions and answers. The result has been that certain commitments have been made because of the questions of Ministers. I want to give an example of that. For instance, the Finance Minister has committed to re-examining the policies that are in place regarding contract policies such as RFPs. There are other examples that I will not refer to tonight. This review has taken a lot of time, but now Members need to digest what has been said, what has been committed to and what has not been committed to. We need to ask where our Cabinet Members are falling down? Where are the short comings other than tiredness? Where are the plans for the remainder of this Assembly?
On a personal note, I think this process has been very beneficial, enlightening and revealing for all Ordinary Members. While we have been very aggressive at times in our questioning, we have worked through two days of this process without raising a great deal of rancour. We have passed on our compliments where it was well deserved, such as the accolades paid to Mr. Antoine and Mr. Dent. On behalf of all the Members, I would like to thank the Ministers for their commitment to this process. Finally, I would like to thank Mr. Hamilton, the staff, the interpreters, the Ministers and their own staff for bearing with us. Thank you very much.