Thank you, Mr. Speaker. My questions today are for the Minister of ITI. We’ve had discussions in this House previously about business services here in the Northwest Territories and the role and mandate of the BDIC. I again

stand up here today. We’re in really tough economic circumstances. I think businesses and entrepreneurs are looking to the Government of the Northwest Territories to see what we will do, if anything, to help ease especially the credit crunch that many small businesses are going to face. The first question I would have for the Minister is what exactly the Government of the Northwest Territories is doing to ease the credit crunch for small businesses here in the Northwest Territories during these tough economic times.