It's moving more toward normalcy ? the whole industry. It's a much more disciplined investment environment with respect to institutional investors, fund managers and venture capitalists.

That shows that if this were a primary, there would be a lot of opportunity to pick up votes. The idea was to see what the landscape was if this were a primary.

'Sustainable Development' is an oxymoron. 'Development' in all it's senses entails expansion and wanting more. Continual expansion and wanting more are unsustainable. Globally we are approaching the point when the only sustainable way forward is to want less. Indeed, the choice element may be removed from us and we will just have to have less. In the meantime we still have some choices about how to influence our future

By the time the Deputy Minister presents a matter for decision to cabinet, he or she tends to present three options: ' the unacceptable', 'the politically courageous', and 'the bureaucrat-preferred' options. As such, it is usually best to get down into the department to the person doing the first drafts of any policy.

I will do that, but I think it is futile.

I was a little surprised. It shows you how strong he is down district, because this was taken before we had our first candidate forum.