When I completed my term as Minister of Housing in 2009, the MECs I worked with and I were convinced that we had presided over a golden era of housing, both in policy and our delivery in this country. We believed we were in the age of discovery and the age of new thought, etc. Now, when I find the essence of the policies we developed at the heart of the National Development Plan, NDP, I am convinced they were correct in thinking that they had presided over a golden era. Sadly, I never had the opportunity to thank them for their hard work, their team effort and the extraordinary strides we all made.