Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, when we talked about the violence in the NWT, less than a year ago we passed zero tolerance in this House. I supported the motion for zero tolerance in our jurisdiction. People in my community and people in my riding all unanimously support it. At that time, Members were saying that Mr. Dent's motion to remove Members from their seat will provide the teeth for that declaration.
We also talked about Members' conduct and behaviour. We've come up with a code of ethics in this House. There were other Members of the House who were saying this has no teeth. This particular motion will provide those teeth.
Mr. Speaker, I think we have to demonstrate to the public that we mean what we say. We have talked about it in the House for as long as I can remember, while we don't seem to have the guts to come up with the real thing.
Mr. Speaker, when the issue of recall came up in the House, we thought it was wide open to the people of this country, the people of this jurisdiction, to come up with any excuse whatsoever to remove a Member. This particular motion moved by Mr. Dent and seconded by Mr. Stephen Kakfwi is something that I can support, something I can live with. I have received, Mr. Speaker, correspondence from the mayor of Taloyoak indicating to me that he wanted to support it. I have already indicated to the honourable Member for Yellowknife Frame Lake that I would support his motion, and I will support the motion. It's for the people of this country, of this particular jurisdiction.
Mr. Speaker, there is a public outcry from young people, from mothers, from elders. But, more importantly, Mr. Speaker, there are silenced public outcries that we don't know about because of the tolerance to violence in this particular jurisdiction. For that reason, I will support it. Thank you.