Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you for the opportunity to speak on this motion. I think, as we saw in the House yesterday and through discussions today, it is obvious that the economic policy issues are ones that are very complex for all of us. When we were talking about a non-renewable resources policy, we also have to take into consideration the need for control of economic policy powers. We are pursuing advancing resource revenue from the federal government, and then at the same time yesterday, there was an economic round table that is being discussed. There is an economic strategy panel that is going to be producing a report very soon. We are also involved in an inter-governmental process where the resource revenue sharing is being discussed. I have a concern on this in that we may be just adding one more complication to the whole picture on economic policy strategy. It is obvious to me, Mr. Speaker, that this is an area we should really have a full in-depth discussion about where we are going with it. Maybe we should be keeping the control of decision making in this House.
I do not have a problem with the principle of the motion, Mr. Speaker. I do believe that review is a good thing and an audit is a good thing, but I am worried about the time that it is going to take as well. I think we are looking at a minimum of two years, and I am not sure if I want to leave the responsibility of making the kind of decisions that need to be made for two years, waiting for a comprehensive audit without us being able to provide a clear guideline or terms of reference as to exactly what it is we are looking for. I do not oppose the principle of the motion, but I am questioning the timing of this at the moment. Maybe we should have more time to talk about it. I am also worried about adding extra weight on a department that is faced with many issues at the moment. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.