Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I guess that is where my line of questioning is going, because the Premier in this House on a number of occasions has categorically stated that the chief of staff position is an executive assistant position. I quote from November 14, 2000, Hansard, page 877, Further Return to Question 270-14(3), Information on Chief of Staff Contract, the Honourable Stephen Kakfwi. If you go through the first paragraph right to the second-last sentence, "The contract says that it is an executive assistant position. This position, because it is tied to the Premier's office, is re-titled chief of staff."

I am having some difficulty here. In the House, we have had the Premier standing up on numerous occasions, and I can quote chapter and verse from Hansard in the sense of the amount of times the Premier has stated that this is an executive assistant position re-titled. In fact, in this case, it seems to be a different reporting mechanism that falls into place. Now, what is it?

I have tried to get information on this to find out if in fact this is a deputy minister position that would deem to be reporting directly to the Premier because that is where deputy ministers report, and are excluded or are the at pleasure positions.

Mr. Chairman, I would like to get some clarification. As far as I am concerned right now, I have not received any. If we go to November 16, 2000, Hansard, page 952, the Premier states:

The contract says she is chief of staff and that she is an executive assistant to the Premier and that is the function. Where there is reference to deputy minister, it should read chief of staff instead of deputy minister, regarding conflict of interest requirements.

Once again, Mr. Chairman, the terminology seems to be getting mixed around here. I think that it is time for the government to get it straight and classify this as what it is. Maybe then it will fall into the category it was initially set up of. I would like to know. Has any other executive assistant position had this type of contract in place? Thank you.