Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I would like to speak briefly to the issue that is being discussed in this House around the table by the Members. I am an extremely sensitive person. I find it extremely hard to function in this particular government when the decisions that are made are not satisfactory to the people and to the Members on this side of the House, when I do not make a decision, and then I get criticized for it. If I make the decision, then I get criticized for it. Mr. Chairman, I find it extremely difficult to be allowed by the Ministers and the Members of the Executive Council of this particular government, to hold a job when I cannot even function properly. I find it very difficult to sleep, knowing that whatever I do, the next day it is going to be criticized. I do not want to lose friends on the other side of the table.
At the appropriate time, soon, I will be talking to the Government Leader and asking her to relieve me of my position as a Minister. I went to the hospital about a week ago. I have to use sleeping pills in order to sleep and go to work the next day. Mr. Chairman, I find it very, very difficult to be on this side of the table at this particular time. I find a very good friend of mine, Jim Antoine, having heard the news about the hangar to be located in Fort Smith, and I feel sorry for them. At the same time, I am glad Fort Smith was able to get it, but I would also have wanted to see that Fort Simpson gets a hangar.
As I mentioned, Mr. Chairman, I am a very sensitive person and I do not want to lose friends from the other side of the table. As I mentioned earlier, I will be seeking to be relieved of my position as a Minister from the Government Leader at the appropriate time. I am serious. When I decide, I do not go back and say I was just joking. I do not play games. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.