Thank you, Mr. Gargan. I would also like to congratulate you also on your election as Speaker. I would support the position of another Cabinet Minister, if that position was solely responsible for the division of the Northwest Territories. Right now, the haphazard and ad hoc basis doesn't seem to be strong. Appointing a Minister solely for the responsibility of the division of the Territories in 1999 would show a clear signal to Ottawa that the GNWT is moving ahead on division and that they had better start catching up.

I also believe that if the dollar values are there out of the existing budget, we could appropriate those. I also agree with the honourable Member for Yellowknife Centre, Mr. Ootes, that maybe we should revisit this in the next four to six months with the new Premier and Cabinet based on what has happened with the federal government and division.

The existing dollars and the cost of the ministerial position, because we aren't sure of that, would make it very difficult at this time to go ahead and appoint the ninth Cabinet seat. I am in support of it if that Cabinet seat was for division and if the dollars were available. Thank you.