Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Minister of Public Works and Services. It is in relation to the reply he had made about my questions concerning the NorthwesTel rate increases. I appreciate that the CRTC sets the rates of phone companies. The Minister had indicated that the company which provided local access, decided the local system had to pay for itself instead of depending on long distance revenues. It was the reason for the local rate increases. I would like to know if there was a reason for implementing the local phone rate hikes over a period of time, rather than raising it all at once when long distance competition is allowed into the NWT?