Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just wanted to add a couple of things to this debate. I certainly agree with all of the comments that have been put forward already. I don’t feel the BIP should be eliminated at this point. I do believe strongly that it needs to be revised and revamped.

I think one of the things that probably is not in the BIP policy at the moment are differences between large projects and smaller projects and between larger communities and small communities. The economies are very different in the small communities than they are, for instance, in the city of Yellowknife, and I think that needs to be considered.

I am certainly very strongly in support of a revision to the BIP. I don’t believe it should be eliminated at this time. I know there’s a lot of work that’s done on it — and probably on an annual basis, as people have said. Maybe we revise that, but we also should get input from the public. We’ve had comments already from the NWT Construction Association, and I found that letter to be very

informative, with a lot of thoughts put forward in good form.

To that end, I don’t think I need to say anything else, but I will be supporting this motion.