Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the Member did say earlier he was hearing some bells, so I'm sure that's not to deal with this bill itself. But the realities are, yes, it is frustrating to be in a position where if you don't make adjustments you get penalized, and that's why we made our adjustment, is not to lose more than we were going to lose in transfer payments because we were deemed to be not having corporations and individuals pay a higher level of tax in the Northwest Territories compared to other jurisdictions. The issues come back to the fact, and I'll go back...My experience back in the 13th Assembly, when the federal government mandated reductions across the board, all provinces, territories and that force our hand at reducing budgets across the country, and we were hit in a very serious way in the Northwest Territories. Some Members would still say we're feeling some of the effects of the choices the government made in the day to try to meet its budget targets. We've made our arguments; we made our business case; we made our arguments, along with other jurisdictions and support from other jurisdictions, about the impacts of the tariff and the tax effort adjustment factor, and with the concerns mounting we had support and other jurisdictions had their concerns with equalization from the provincial end that the federal government did finally agree to re-look at the matter. They came up with an interim solution that they felt added more money to the pie and that it would give some stability to governments for budget planning. That, again, as we're pointing out now, had an impact on our corporate tax situation and we've made that adjustment. We have yet to negotiate on some of these matters and get down to the business discussion that we need to have with Finance Canada around some of these areas, but it is definitely not as easy just coming up with a business case and say there's damages, you need to reimburse us. It's a long, difficult process at times, and the increments can be measured in very small amounts.
The issue of seeking damages, I think our role at this point is to see whether the federal government will come with a new arrangement and if they will address our adequacy and, as well, have a discussion about our corporate tax situation as we have had with the previous government. Thank you.