Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question this afternoon is for the Minister of Public Works and Services. Ministers and MLAs, for the past several days, have received numerous letters from NWT construction businesses about the government's decision to waive the Business Incentive Policy to avoid cost overruns in phase two of the North Slave Correctional Centre.

Mr. Speaker, my question is, prior to waiving the Business Incentive Policy on this project, what other alternatives were explored in looking at ways to reduce costs on this project? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.