Mr. Speaker, in a previous answer to a question, the Premier basically threw out the challenge to have an open debate about the Deh Cho Bridge project. That’s like inviting us to a duel, you know, with no gun.

We’re absolutely bound by confidentiality; we can’t say anything. Here we are now — the poor suckers who got to read the concession agreement — and we’re sitting here trying to ask questions in the public interest, but we are bound by confidentiality because of the restrictions that were put on us. We cannot be transparent and open with the people of the Northwest Territories, who are extremely interested in this project.

The Premier challenges us to an open debate. How does he propose we could have an open debate when even we, as Members of this House, couldn't get information on this until after every significant date had passed? And yet we want the public to partake and watch us in an open debate? How does the Premier propose such a thing could happen when we can't get copies of the schedule? Thank you.