Thank you, Mr. Chair. I want to respond to some of the comments that I didn’t get a chance to talk to earlier and at the outset.

I want to state that I take offense to the Minister of Finance’s remarks that suggest that I am biased. I

certainly am not. I am required to hold this government accountable and that’s what I’m doing. I don’t feel that I am opposing or supporting any particular project except that it is in the best interests of the people of the Northwest Territories and I would ask that the Minister reconsider his statement.

It is important that the government be opposed if, it’s my belief, we’re not doing things in the right way, and that’s what I’m doing. There are times when we have to agree to disagree and that’s what you guys are doing, but I have yet to hear what the Minister mentioned the other day that’s going to give me comfort relative to the process and the timing questions.

I still don’t understand why we had no knowledge that this information or this request was coming forward several months ago. I believe firmly that there should have been some indication that this was where the project was going. I want to say that I appreciate that due diligence is required for this project and I think I would be even more upset if that wasn’t what was being asked for.

But again, my main concern is that we are being asked to approve something in very short order. We’re being asked to approve something, which in my mind is being thrust upon us and where we don’t have adequate information to make a reasoned decision and what I consider an adequate or a positive decision. Thank you, Mr. Chair.