Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Last February, a bomb shell was dropped when the Capital City Liaison Committee announced restrictions on development around the capital site area. What annoyed Yellowknife MLAs, Mr. Speaker, was the fact that they were blamed for the most contentious restrictions imposed for the capital area even though MLAs were not involved in any way in developing the plan.

As a result of a public outcry by stakeholders, I'm pleased to note that the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs has now taken charge and will develop a better way to build consensus on developing this plan. At a meeting between the city and the Government of the Northwest Territories in January, a list was made of the most contentious elements and it was proposed to talk to various stakeholders about them and achieve consensus by this summer. I look forward to seeing a reasonable plan for development of the capital site and hope that our new Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs, Mr. Ng, will give this matter his close attention. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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