Thank you Mr. Speaker. Today is a unique day for people in the Western Territory, to embark on a voyage into 1999 Division, and also to look at a new, coming together of Aboriginal governments and public governments. We have to take and keep in mind, Mr. Speaker, we are unique in a sense of the territory we live in, the country we live in, and the environment that we are presently under. We have land claim settlements. We have land claims being negotiated, we have self government processes under way, and so we also have a constitutional process. Keeping in mind that this is going to take us into the next decade, we have to allow the process to take its toll and allow the people a chance to speak. In regards to the process that we are under, we have to work together to bring people closer together than having two institutions of government - a federal government in Ottawa which consists of Indian Affairs, and the Government of the Northwest Territories who deliver programs and services on behalf of that Government.
We in the north have an opportunity to deliver a program for all northerners, I would like to state - all northerners. We have an avenue to allow communities that consist of band councils, Metis locals, hamlet councils, and also in larger centres such as Yellowknife, which consists of the largest Aboriginal community in the Western Territory to work along with the residents on the Aboriginal side, especially in relation to program delivery, and also delivery of healthy communities. We talk about community empowerment, we talk about allowing the people to live together and to work together in a new way of government. This is that opportunity for the people in the north, especially in the Western Territory, please take advantage of this opportunity. It may only come once in this lifetime. Thank you Mr. Speaker.