Thank you, Mr. Speaker. With respect to our negotiated policy and the federal set-aside policy, granted that it does have its weaknesses, but in the communities I represent, all they are saying is, look, we live in these communities; we have been here since time immemorial; we want opportunities, especially proximity contracts by the government. So there must be a way of massaging our new draft negotiated policy to say, okay, you guys have been here. You guys will be the primary beneficiary of our government contracts. I know that there is some objection in that. There is a public accountability aspect here, Mr. Speaker, where we have to be

accountable to the public and have other people bid on it, but there must still be a way of doing that, at the same time recognizing businesses and corporations in the smaller communities. With that, if the Premier can speak to that, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.