Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, my questions today are also for the Minister of Finance with respect to the economic strategy. Mr. Speaker, so that the Minister does not waste time, I want to say at the outset that I am convinced that we need an economic strategy. I am pleased that we are obtaining an economic strategy, however, my questions relate to the process by which we obtain that economic strategy, not the strategy itself. I would also like to thank the Minister for his prompt response to the questions that were asked on Thursday and now I have some questions about those answers.

First of all, in a return to an oral question, the Finance Minister says that a decision was made to fund the project internally if possible and if not, return to the House with supplementary estimates. What I would like to know, Mr. Speaker, is this a standard practice and was this strategy not anticipated far enough in advance that it could have been identified in a budget? Was it an after-thought? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.