Mr. Speaker, just for the record, I don’t see the comparison to the bridge and the comparison to how we are compensating our employees as being even remotely comparable.

As far as what we pay our employees and how we pay them, especially at the senior management and the executive grid, I would say that it is fair.

As I have indicated, within the current system now, individuals in the senior management and executive category do not get annual steps similar to all UNW and all excluded employees. All union employees

and all excluded employees, every year until they hit the eight-year cap, will get a step in their pay. Senior management and executive don’t get this.

The bonus system gives us the tool we need to provide those individuals with a step within the system when in fact they have performed their duties and exceeded in the performance of those duties. It gives us an opportunity to provide steps similar to all other employees, Mr. Speaker.