Madam Speaker, my questions this afternoon are for the Minister responsible for the Financial Management Board Secretariat related to the process of consultation and changes in business plans and projects. Madam Speaker, it's bewildering that Members were put through a cycle in the last few days of hearing again and again and again from one Minister that a project was a done deal, the money was in place, it was gone, it was over, and then for the Minister of Finance or FMBS to come before this Assembly and ask permission for what the Minister said is already a done deal. This is the dilemma that we're in.

Madam Speaker, a few minutes ago the Minister did say, in response to a question from my colleague, that they do want to go back and revisit this guideline, strengthen it up, firm it up and I welcome that very much, but what I didn't hear -- we're talking about consultation -- is that the Minister is going to ask for our input into how we believe that process would come about. Is this going to be another one-sided, arbitrary process, or is the Minister going to invite our input into what we believe to be a satisfactory level of consultation? Thanks, Madam Speaker.