Thank you, Mr. Chair. In response to the comments, some of them being very serious allegations that there has been discrepancies that are not being dealt with, I certainly, as the Premier indicated, would appreciate if that information would be brought to my attention. I would believe that some of the pictures that he’s looking at, some of it we have in our own possession. There is no doubt some deficiencies that we are dealing with, some have

been dealt with and some are scheduled to be resolved over the next little while and a scour rock is a deficiency that’s been noted, it hasn’t been paid for. We have held back on it and we have talked to the project people that were on site and confirmed that the cement work that was referred to in some of the piers has been looked at. The people that did repairs and inspected it claim that they’re all completed. We have documentation, they’ve signed it off and there are other companies that have a very credible stake in here that also inspected it as independent companies; Levelton and BPTEC was also involved in quality assurance.

So, Mr. Chairman, we have many experts on the job. There are many layers of inspection that take place. The contractor has inspectors on site. The Deh Cho Bridge Corporation had a firm that they utilized. The lenders also had a company that took part in inspections and knew what was going on on a daily basis, and of course we had our people that were on site and reviewed the information. So I would appreciate if the Member could bring that information forward and we could qualify whether there’s any merit to it. I believe it’s some deficiencies that we’ve already noted and I would be glad to provide the detail to the Member so that he can be reassured as this project is going forward.

We have to also ensure that the public has the security of knowing that the safety of their families and themselves are being looked after and that’s our first consideration, Mr. Chairman. That’s something we need to work out. If the Member is hearing things, if the Member has information, we need to get our hands on it and he should bring that information forward and to as to where he’s getting it from. Thank you.