Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is in response to an oral question asked by Mr. Ootes on May 12, 1999, regarding the report on the Economic Development Strategy.

Mr. Speaker, although the Department of Resources, Wildlife and Economic Development assumed the lead for the economic strategy in February of this year, the cost to produce Harnessing Our Economic Potential, a public policy discussion paper, was paid by the Department of the Executive. Thank you.