Thank you, Madam Speaker. On September 15th, Madam Speaker, I attended a meeting held by the Union of Northern Workers for its membership, at the Yellowknife Inn. The subject, of course, was the upcoming collective bargaining which is due to begin on the 19th.

The Yellowknife MLAs were invited to get support for allowing this process to continue according to the tradition of collective bargaining. I've had many letters from my constituents, Madam Speaker, suggesting that the government may once more attempt to legislate a contract or legislate conditions of work. Previously, in this House, I stood and said I would not support legislation of this kind. So I'm standing today to tell my constituents, since many of them have written -- some of the signatures are not legible, some of the addresses are not quite clear -- that my position has not changed and I will not support legislation, and we should -- other Members, too -- allow the collective bargaining process to continue in the way it was intended.

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