Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, I worked with OMC in drafting the statement which was read by our chairman, Mr. Ningark, earlier today. The key point in that statement to me was that the Premier should play the lead role in assigning responsibility and imposing discipline where necessary. I strongly support that view, Madam Speaker. As a matter of fact, during the first territorial leadership committee I supported the motion which would have allowed the Premier to select her own Cabinet. In spite of the fact that the motion was unsuccessful at that time, I still believe that the Premier should be held accountable for the overall performance of her Cabinet. To put it in a sports-like comparison, she's the coach of the team and it's up to the coach to make sure that the team is winning.
Madam Speaker, as the OMC statement said earlier today, the Premier obviously has confidence in the Minister or she would have taken action. Like my colleagues on the Ordinary Members' Caucus, I intend to watch carefully and evaluate the performance of the Premier by how her Cabinet performs to see if she is providing leadership and if she is building a team. Because I support the position put forward by OMC, at this time I'm not going to try and make the decision either way for the Premier and so I will be abstaining from this vote.