Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, there's no doubt that I believe every Member of this House fully supports the intent of this bill. I believe it is certainly something we want to see when the territory divides. We don't want to see a huge deficit for either territory to have to absorb. However, in reviewing this bill, while the intent is good, the thing that is missing is what I would call "teeth," accountability for a deficit if it occurred over the amount that is presented in this bill. There's no accountability in this bill for allowing a deficit. No one is made accountable and I think, in as much as this bill has good intentions, it appears to be paying lip service to the territories.

I know that's not the intent of the bill when it was formulated so I would urge the government to look at putting some sort of accountability into the bill to make people accountable for overexpending and incurring deficits, which we don't want to see. Thank you.