Thank you, Mr. Chairman. When I put the statements made by the Premier and the Minister of Finance together, truly nobody can argue with the general sentiment expressed by the Premier. The question is how do we move ahead? What kind of specifics and comfort can we give to people with the fiscal year-end five weeks away?
With people currently preparing contracts, budgets, looking to programs and services that are going to continue on, while we search for new revenues in all the areas that the Minister touches on - on the economic side, on the social side, on the health side.
I think the key is people want more than noble sentiment. I know that Mr. Handley, the Minister of Finance, has indicated that it is going to take us possibly until June to come up with our vision and priorities, which takes us a good way through the fiscal year. So I would be interested in the Premier's comments in terms of the practical realities.
Can we step it down from the high general level to the realities of life that will be facing us in the next five weeks? Can we in fact give comfort to people in the communities that are concerned about bread and butter issues? What are we going to do as a government? I think asking people to wait until June is going to be asking a lot of people in the North, considering the election was December 6. I would hope we can give some more specific ideas and directions before that. Thank you.