Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was an issue of choice and having to make disciplined choices to try to meet all the objectives that we have as a government and as an Assembly, in a way that allows us to be sustainable, stay within our borrowing limit and still move forward.
There was a very diverse range of opinion across the territory. For example, the community of Hay River, they were supportive of the 5 percent when we met there and when we did a wrap-up at the end of the day. In Fort Smith there was a significant debate, 25 percent at the end of the day. Inuvik said they thought it should be probably more, at least 10 percent. In Norman Wells it wasn’t that clear. In Yellowknife the range went from 25 to 100 percent. So there was a range. There was no doubt and you have to make a choice. That’s what we’re supposed to be doing. That’s what we are required to do and that’s what we did in a careful, thoughtful way.