Thank you, Madam Chair. I think Ms. Bisaro summed it up quite well. Again, there is a fiduciary obligation on behalf of all of our stakeholders to report their financial statements to public accounts and to this government, and as Ms. Bisaro mentioned, the Housing Corporation… Actually, there were four that did not meet the criteria, and I wanted to make sure that that was clear. We had Aurora College that required an extension. We also had NWT Business Development Investment Corporation that also needed an extension date, and we had Northwest Territories Hydro Corporation who also required an extension date.

The purpose of this motion is clearly to put on notice all associated public agencies that they have an obligation and that they have to make sure that they get their affairs in order to make the public accounts deadline. That being said, I can tell you that should these public agencies fail to meet this obligation criteria, I can only assume that in future public account audits the committee might request these agencies appear before committee or their designate to explain why. We’re basically giving all these agencies a heads-up. This is a requirement that will be from the Government Ops committee to make sure that, again, affairs are in order, these are solid dates, they are given fair warning, and these are the rules of the game, and we’re hoping that all public agencies will adhere to them.