Mr. Chairman, I want to just state, again, what the Premier said. I want it understood that I do not want to curtail the debate either. I think it is necessary, especially if we can get the Members of the Legislature to come out with a very clear, strong motion of support for this report as it is reflected in the report we have tabled with you.
This is all that we have right now, and I think for all the complaining that we did about being left out of Meech Lake, all the complaining about not being able to achieve anything in the First Ministers' conferences in the early 1980s, we now have, I think in the view of the public, the national aboriginal leaders, and the governments across this country, historic significant achievements for aboriginal people. If this Legislature sends out so much as a subtle signal that we are only lukewarm about this particular document, then the signal will be picked up by many people, including those people that want to scuttle the whole thing, saying it does not seem that important, look at the Northwest Territories, where the population is overwhelmingly aboriginal people, where there is a majority population of Inuit in one jurisdiction, and a strong representation by the Metis and Dene people, and they are only lukewarm about it. Is it really so critical for aboriginal people? That is a concern I have, and I think Mr. Mercredi stated it very well yesterday, we do not want to overstate the case.
It is also equally important that we do not let it be understated, and so if it requires more time for questions to be answered, and the debate to continue, I would prefer that to trying to finish up early, and have Members who have too many questions unanswered in our minds to lend full support to this. Thank you.