Thank you, Madam Chair. As the Member of the working group, basically we have put in front of you seven recommendations in certain areas we felt that should be more discussions on and concentrate on those particular issues in relation to the accommodation directive and the question about bed and breakfasts versus hotels. The other area was looking at the northern manufacture directive. There was a lot of long debate on that one because right now there is no policy in place to deal with that. As Mr. Picco stated the cost has to make sense. That the cost of producing something does not cost extremely more than what it costs to ship it from southern Canada.

Also, in regard to the whole question about northern and local labour, we did look at the whole aspect of what is in other jurisdictions, such as the Yukon, where it is a tax rebate where you get it at the end of the project.

A lot of time was spent in regards to the discussion of the grandfather provision. The grandfather clause where a lot of concerns were raised in relation to the corporations and businesses that are listed and are multimillion dollar corporations which have southern based headquarters in southern Canada, and also operate all across the country, and also overseas.

Then, the whole question about the bid adjustment was raised which we looked at the fairness especially in relation to the community opportunities in which there is some sort of incentive. So sort of balance it out between northern and local.

The other question was in regards to the northern only tender in relation to the amount that has gone from $30,000 to $25,000 that we looked at the possibility of seeing what was there. But one thing that I think that people have to really realize here is that in relation to the international trade agreement that there is an exemption put forth in relation to this protection for the people in the Northwest Territories. I think that is one thing that people sort of overlook. I think that is something that we have to be aware of that this is a protection mechanism that special provisions were made for this type of protection for people in the north and northern operators. So that is something that we have keep in mind when we are looking at this thing. You cannot just throw it out because it is there for a purpose and one of the main purposes, it is a protection mechanism especially in regards to the International Free Trade Agreement.