Thank you, Mr. Speaker. There are a number of regional economic development conferences that have either been hosted or are in the planning stages and not necessarily headed up by our department, but our department has participated in and will continue to participate in these. It is something that I am certainly prepared to discuss. I think, as this business program review comes forward and we talk about improvements, there is some merit to pulling business interests and stakeholders together to discuss what we are thinking needs to be done. So that is something that we can certainly consider, but we will also, and I would urge Members that if there are regional efforts that are coming together, if there are participants coming forward with suggestions or ideas, bring them forward to me. We are certainly prepared to discuss them and consider them. I think it does make a lot of sense to bring the various different stakeholders together. As the Member indicates, for some of these resource development projects, time is of the essence and there is some urgency here. We need to make sure we are supportive. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Brendan Bell on Question 61-15(5): Support For Small Business
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