Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, I wouldn't want to prescribe the whole industry of either lawyers or accountants, but we all know they're cautious and pessimistic by trade so being optimistic on estimating financials seems to be so counterintuitive to the nature of lawyers and accountants, and I would just find it concerning because if they're not in touch with the issues of what's happening today, in other words, we're not -- you know, diamonds are down, gas is not coming out of the ground, oil's tapping out, people are not working, cost of living is going up, I mean, I just don't know how people would see these as realistic numbers and that's really the issue I'm trying to draw. I mean, we're not going to get anywhere kind of trying to pierrot back and forth saying, wow, we picked the numbers. But basing these on longer term trends, while I think the down trend has been it before years the only jurisdiction that is not showing economic promise is us in comparison to our two sister territories. So I'm just not sure -- back to the point of saying conservatives and lawyers are -- conservatives. My apologies. Lawyers and accountants are very conservative, I was trying to say, in their budgeting estimates and predictions, and I just find it strange it seems overly optimistic, that's all. Thank you
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Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
Consideration In Committee Of The Whole Of Bills And Other Matters
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