(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll make my comments very brief on this subject. We know what the content is of the bill because we have seen it. I have been a Member for a long time and we've introduced a lot of bills and amendments to bills. First of all, I would like to say that amendments that we pass are for the people of the Northwest Territories, even though everybody might not agree with them. A lot of times we hurt our constituents when we pass or amend bills. For example, there was a wildlife amendment that said people who own dogteams were not allowed to feed their dogs within 12 miles. This was a big burden on some communities.
We pass bills that are not agreeable to our constituents. It would be us who would have to be blamed because we pass bills even though our constituents might not agree with them. I would like to deal with the bill. I also support the second reading of the bill. I'm not saying that on the third reading I will vote on it. We have to understand the intent of the bill; how it should be written so we can make amendments to it when we're dealing with it before third reading. Maybe we might even agree with the intent of the bill after it's amended.
We have a lot of bills in front of us and we all know that they're not all beneficial to our constituents. I support the second reading of the bill so we will fully understand the intent. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.