Thank you. Mr. Chairman, it is my view that a consensus style of government is serving us in the north very well. We have demonstrated that in the last two weeks. If we had party politics, it would have been an incredibly ugly two weeks. We have come through together, and again, it shows that there is a commitment by people right across the territories to respect the differences, the diversity and the different needs that we all have, and yet continue to demonstrate the will to work things out together.
In the north we have incredibly diverse peoples, the Inuvialuit; Gwich'in; people of the Sahtu; Deh Cho; Akaitcho territory; Metis; northerners; the Inuit. The only way that each group, each region can be assured that they will be heard in their government, in their Assemblies and their considerations, no matter the size of their population, is through consensus government. It carves out a place for each culture, each region, each people. For that, I believe, we are well served. Our population is much too small to give any consideration to party politics at this time. Thank you.