Thank you, Mr. Speaker -- Madam Chair. Oh, that's not like me. Long night.

I also have questions about the NTNP program. So there's 60 applications that have been held over from the previous fiscal year, and -- or sorry, sorry, from the last intake. Not fiscal, but the last intake. And that leaves 90 new applications. Why -- given the kind of very serious situation we're in where the quota's been cut in half, there's lots of people with uncertainty, why are we not basing the intake on, you know, true equity where there's a level playing field for everyone and then when they evaluate the applications, they base urgency into it? Because we're already doing that, I guess. With the 90 applications, we are basing urgency of permits -- well permits -- of expiring work permits. That's what's getting the most attention after the random draw. But now we have these kind of 60 things that have -- 60 applications that have been grandfathered in because they weren't seen last year. This is not my bright idea. This is a concern that's coming forward from the community, both the worker community who missed out on the window and also businesses as well who would have been more diligent in applying if they'd known they got their applications in, it would have been held over for next year. So can the Minister explain why this decision was made? Thank you.