Masi, Mr. Chair. Cabinet solidarity exists for a reason. There are times where a very sensitive issue is brought up, or how it is going to benefit the North. Obviously, in the past, it has been case-by-case, but a majority of the decisions that were made in solidarity, a lot of the decisions were made forming solidarity.

I think as we move forward, Mr. Chair, we have Members in this House with bright ideas and expertise going forward. Obviously, we need to listen to them and have an open communication dialogue.

There is a motion that is coming down, and they feel that it should be open vote as opposed to solidarity, then I will listen to them and say, "Okay, well, we can probably pursue it," but at the same time there will be repercussion at the government level, so I have to be careful on how to deal with that. Those are the discussions that we need to have.

In our former government, we didn't really have that from what I have seen in sitting in the Speaker's chair. I for one will be open to listening to the Members and accepting if there needs to be a free vote. If I get the support from Members, then I will do that, but at the same time, there will be solidarity votes on certain programs and motions. There is a reason for this. Masi.