Thank you, Mr. Chairman. So I was fairly alarmed when this was previously discussed to hear Members taking the total capital expenditures and O and M expenditures of this government and arbitrarily tacking on an additional 10 or 15 percent and coming up and touting that as the cost of the business incentive policy. So I wanted clarification on that because, in fact, that is not a very accurate way of assessing what the business incentive policy costs this government. I believe the Minister may have already, in some part, responded to this but as was stated, no one usually makes a move unless the consequences are contemplated and the cost of such a move is measured. So at this time, when we have got our economy to the level of maturity and growth that we have got it to, I feel that it would be reckless to make any significant changes to this business incentive policy that might cause a detrimental impact to business in the north.

I would like the Minister's assurance that this will not be the case. This will not happen until such time as this has been fully considered. Having said that though, I do agree that we have been talking about this far too long. We need to get on to other matters. I would just like the Minister's assurance that there will not be any rash moves or changes made that could have a detrimental impact on northern business.