Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My question today is for the Premier, who has been integral in negotiating several socio-economic agreements with non-renewable resource companies, to basically ensure that big business has northern hiring quotas and to ensure that a percentage of purchasing is made through northern business. I think rightly so, Mr. Speaker.

I think we all understand that benefits must accrue to the North for this development, so Cabinet's recent decision to waive the BIP on this one project strikes me as a bit of, "Do as we say and not as we do." Would the Premier not see this as an inconsistent approach? Thank you.