Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for that question. We, first of all, you can only offer up changes to the collective agreement once you get back to the table. Unfortunately, for a variety of reasons, bad-faith bargaining complaint et cetera, and the fact that we have applied to the justice system for a mediator has delayed the issue. I would have preferred we did not have to take this route, but unfortunately, we have had to. The reality is, we are prepared now, as we were two weeks ago to place on the table, retroactivity for all members in terms of those who have now gone in relationship to pay equity. We were prepared to and are prepared to place on the table simple interest that was not there before. I have instructed the negotiators to sit down with the union and discuss other aspects of the collective bargaining that perhaps will get them to agree to bring forward to the membership for vote on.
The other important aspect that we have indicated is everybody was saying an independent chairperson take a look at the Hay Plan evaluations. We are prepared to do that, we have offered that up as well. I am still optimistic that at the end of the day, the offer that we present to our members on the collective agreement and as well as the pay equity, is a good one and quite frankly I think our membership should take it because you never know what is going to happen in the future. Thank you.