Thank you, Madam Chair. Just with respect to fiscal policy and I believe it was on 3-22 and get back to fiscal business here. I don't know how far the Minister has progressed along, or made any contact with the new Finance Minister. Just at the beginning of discussions about the fiscal responsibility policy, I know that we are kind of waiting for the equalization panel to make their decision. He can correct me if I am wrong, too. I think it is this spring. I don't know. Then again, it is kind of putting all their eggs into one basket, Madam Chair.

The committee kind of likes the plan that is laid out in the fiscal responsibility policy where we can repay our own. We do have the strength and the capability to repay our own debt, so removal of any debt limit. It is arbitrary, archaic, and colonial. I hope that the federal government can recognize that and give us this flexibility where we can start funding our own infrastructure needs. We can do all kinds of things, Madam Chair. It opens up a whole range of possibility for our self-determination, self-reliance and just ability to take care of all our communities and infrastructure that is in dire need of replacement, or firming up, or even new infrastructure, too, Madam Chair.

With that, maybe the Minister can tell me about how far along they have come, if they have made contact at all. I know there is a new government, but just having that initial contact there, that will go a long way. Perhaps the Minister can also tell me about some of their preliminary strategy and how he is going to approach this in the next little while, Madam Chair. With that, thank you very much.