Madam Chair, there was a fundamental decision to be made and we have made it. That decision is this: Do we tie ourselves in knots in the midst of a project, that we are working desperately to conclude, with lawyers and litigation and all these other issues, or do we rise above that and look at what the end goal is here and what is in the best interest of the people of the Northwest Territories, which is get the bridge built, limit the further costs and get it done within this current building season.

There will be plenty of time for review. There will be plenty of time later for finger pointing, for saying what didn’t happen, what should have happened, what might have happened, and if we do this in the future, what we will do differently and better.

At this point, it’s like being in the middle of a hockey game and you decide you are going to have a team scrum to figure out why things aren’t working when the game is going on, you’re going to lose. We can’t afford to do that. We have to keep our eye on the goal here, which is let’s get this bridge finished. It’s critical. Let’s not get involved in all of these issues of litigation and such when we’re in the middle of a

construction project that is 90 percent complete. Thank you.