(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I have a brief comment to the amendment. This amendment is one that I will not support either; my reasons being, having an early election by June 12th will cause people to rush around, both the people who will vote and the people who have to get ready to be elected. I know we have been looking at a fall election and my people understand already that the intent is to hold an election in the fall of 1995. People have already accepted that.

If we try to make it different now and change it to June, it is obvious, at least in my constituency and in the surrounding communities, that half of the communities' population will not be in the settlements -- in October, people start returning to the communities -- and people who are out on the land for traditional activities won't be able to be contacted by telephone. So, they wouldn't even be able to vote by proxy. Although they could do it this way: you could use the XBX CBs. In the western Arctic, they're called bush radios. This would be the only way that it could be publicized and people would know who got elected. Even though when you vote, you do it by secret ballot.

Furthermore, the people who are out on the land for recreation or for vacation are taking their holidays and they will be included in the Baffin South MLA's constituency. You could also contact the people by helicopter and bring the ballot box around, but that would be very costly. Because of the difficulties that are occurring, this government is well into the work they have to do and they can continue to pave the way for the work they have to complete. The amendment is one that I will not support because of these reasons. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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