 We begin 2022 saddled with the negative effects of COVID and the sovereign dead burden of over $3.9 billion and over $500 million of other dead commitments and unfinished tendons hospital and human rights international airport redevelopment project all of which are experiencing rising costs above and beyond what you originally told. Getting our public finances in order will take a hercurian task of policy coherence, strategic communication and consultations, efficient implementation, resource mobilization, elimination of corruption, transparency and accountability in order to achieve better economic outcomes for our nation and economy. July 26, 2021 heralded a break with the past. It is a past that we do not wish to return to in which special interests and families dictated public policy. We must resolve to develop a country based on inclusiveness, meritocracy, equity and justice.