Mr. Speaker, I do not know what the process is with regard to the allocation of capital projects. This is something new to me, when some Members are suggesting it has not gone through the standing committee on finance. Motions have never gone to SCOF before, unless it is a whole new process again. I missed the first day for two hours. Did something happen in those two hours that I am not aware of?

There are certain allocations to each region, and one region's allocation should not have any effect on other regions'. Also, we have not based any allocation on population, either. Should we also make that a criterion? I would like to ask the Members that. Should that also be part of the criteria for capital allocations, in order to be fair? I will go ahead with my motion in that it is the only way I know how to make my point in this House and make other Members aware that the aspirations of my constituents are just as important as yours. But this is the style I have chosen to use.

I have also tried in the last eight years with countless letters for projects in my constituency. A lot of it has been effective because Members of my constituency have met with the Members here in Yellowknife. There are different little ways that Members make points in order to achieve what they need for their constituency. I am not suggesting for one minute that this style that I am using is a style that everyone else should use. Perhaps Members have other ways they might be able to achieve the same goals as I am. For me this is the best way of doing it. I like to have the people in the constituency hear what I am saying. I have written letters for them already, countless letters. The community centre was on the drawing board for eight years and it has been moved from 1994 and now I am suggesting it goes down to 1992.

Mr. Speaker, I think it is a simple request, and I believe the allocation is something like $200,000. That is what DPW spends to get one house in any of the other communities. So it is not asking for much. The need is there. Mr. Koe already said they have a community centre that is condemned, but I have nothing. So that is where things are at, and I wish Members would support me. I am making the best of what I know what to do.

This has not bound the government -- my church is a classic example. I made a motion on that. It was passed -- and boom, the Executive Council suggests that maybe Providence does not deserve it this time around and with the stroke of a pen they can cancel any projects they want. The Members have to realize they will do that at every opportunity they get, unless we stick together as Members. Whether you do it in the form of a letter and send a copy to us or make it in this House, we have to support each other in order to make this government accountable. But if we have to nit-pick on little excuses not to support each other, then we will keep being fragmented; we cannot see ourselves being united in dealing with issues. Perhaps all the constituencies have desires, but we cannot support each other, and it would not matter whether or not this motion is passed, because the end result is that if we are not of one mind, all the motions that all the Members make would not make any difference if we have people opposing it and other people supporting it and some people still sitting on the fence and feeling they do not want to make a decision on that. We will find ourselves in trouble.

So I would like to ask the Members to support a motion that has been in the process for many years now. It is just a matter of determining which year it should be constructed.