Thank you Mr. Speaker. It is an historical occasion, one which I think will mark a time which people will either come closer together or there will be an occasion to mark this as a point when we widen the gap between our peoples' once again. Members will recall in the records of Hansard, there was a debate in the 70s where in spite of the opposition of the Aboriginal people of the Mackenzie Valley against the proposed Mackenzie Valley Pipeline. Members of the legislature at that time decided that the interests of Canada and the interest of the Northwest Territories was in supporting the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline and was highlighted by the rhetoric of members that represented Yellowknife. Mr. Speaker, I believe that there was major damage done, major damage to relations to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. That was done in 1975 and has taken 20 years to get us back to this stage, and I believe that what we
require now is leadership, not populous, not pure politicians, but leadership, leadership that will challenge people to listen and hear each other. Leadership that will challenge the people to face their own misperceptions of each other. Leaders that will ask their constituents to confront the fears and the biases that they hold, personally, I am prepared to challenge my constituents and my people to rise above their own fears, their own needs, their own misperceptions, and to generally seek to hear other people's concerns and needs and see what could be done. Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude.