Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, earlier I spoke about open government and the public consultation meeting that the Minister of Public Engagement and Transparency will be holding in Hay River this Monday at 7:00 p.m. at the Ptarmigan Inn. I've been advertising this on Facebook, on my website, and my CA has printed posters, put them up around town. I'm working hard to get the word out so we can get some people there because I think this is an important issue. Now I'll give the Minister a chance to put in some work and sell this to the residents of Hay River.

So my first question is: why should anyone care about open government? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.