Mr. Speaker, I have read the motion, and basically the direction that has been given is that the motion is directing the Government Leader to take some course of action with regard to disciplining some of the Ministers because some Members on this side no longer have confidence in the performance of some of the cabinet Members.
Originally, Mr. Speaker, when we selected the Government Leader, we selected the Government Leader on the basis that she was going to perform the duties that are being asked in this motion. I did not vote for Ms. Cournoyea as the Government Leader, but at the same time, I am also of the same opinion as Mr. Lewis is, and that is to say that once the selection was done, I accepted it, and I have accepted Ms. Cournoyea for that task.
The difficulty I have with the motion is that we are telling her the same thing again that we told her when we first selected her as the Government Leader. But in particular, one of the things that I also have difficulty with is with regard to the non-confidence in some of the Ministers. Naturally, I have that notion, too, that when the Ministers were chosen, I was not confident that some of the Ministers chosen would do their jobs. But after the selection was done, I naturally agreed with the rest of the Members here that they were confident in every Minister that they selected to be sitting on the other side, and I continue to maintain that confidence in the eight Members. One of the difficulties I find, Mr. Speaker, is that I have not seen any indication by the performance of the Ministers that they are incompetent. I have not seen it to date. I do not know what the reasons for, or the intent of, the motion are.
I am not too sure whether or not we are making this motion for any wrong reasons or for any right reasons. For that reason, Mr. Speaker, I still feel confident that the Government Leader has a role to play and that I believe she will act accordingly. But as far as non-confidence, it really would be up to the Government Leader to decide whether or not there is. For that reason -- I am sure other Members will be speaking after me -- I cannot support the motion. Thank you.