Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am hesitant to wade in on this subject that we are asking about right now, but to put things into a little bit of perspective, could I just preamble my question by telling the Finance Minister that this was his day? He was the man of the hour. We invited the public to a public reception. People who do not have the ready access to him that we as Ordinary Members have came and joined us. I think the budget was balanced. It is a celebration. It was done in partnership with the Ordinary Members so I would liken this to an analogy where there is a wedding and the receiving line, the groom was missing and we have to tell them, we have to tell the guests that he has gone to a technical briefing on how the marriage is going to go.

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I guess my concern is that this is a happy day. This is a celebration. We have balanced the budget, and I am saddened if there are any hard feelings or anybody is offended; but the next time we do something like this, could I ask the Minister of Finance if he would be kind enough to grace us with his presence at a public reception? Thank you.