Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I appreciate you knowing that I was going to respond to that without having to wait for a signal from me. Mr. Chairman, I have to challenge the Minister on the appreciative step of context saying the spirit of consensus will, you know, in the sense the Assembly get the final word. I guess I’m looking for the sense and the direction from the Minister to include that in part of the work that’s going on. That issue could be laid quite simply before the reviews, the multi-tasks that are going on to consider what future power looks like. Well, this should be some of the element that should be given by direction through the Minister as a consideration. It doesn’t need House approval or the will of the House to force it through and no one wants...I don’t think this issue needs to be forced.
When the Minister ends his comments, you know, we’re open...I mean, I don’t want to hear we’re open. I want to hear the Minister’s taking charge of the issue. I would certainly hope that the Minister would be agreeable today to say that was something that he’d be putting forward in this
review process for them to consider rather than waiting until it’s after the fact and it’s done and then it’s almost like it’s too late.
Mr. Chairman, just to be direct, would the Minister advise the review folks to consider this issue while they do their overall review as an element of making sure that power rates are reflective and responsible for the times? Thank you, Mr. Chair.