Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. I want to speak about this process here. The deal is done and it's no use flogging a dead horse.

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It's something that we have to bite the bullet on. What I want to talk about is something like this in the small communities. Sometimes the small communities have these aspirations and they look at new initiatives and it's risky; it's risky going into business. Sometimes the banks are a little shaky about going into business with the community organizations. I guess the government of the day did their homework and thought it was a good deal and a good thing to work towards. Little did we know that we were going to be talking about this today and talking about the situation we're in right now.

I hope because of this, that this does not stop our government from looking at other initiatives that the people may have with regard to the diamonds or the pipeline, that this government will look at and carefully consider going into any types of deals like this that they would take due diligence in terms of working with the organizations or communities in terms of supporting them. That's what the communities look for. Sometimes the banks just will not go into a good business deal unless they have some kind of support from some larger organization such as the government. I want to ask the Minister in all of this, what type of assurance can he give the organizations or communities that they will still continue assisting some of the organizations or committees the best way they can through this process, and not use this to stop helping the committees or organizations. Thank you, Madam Chair.