Thank you, Mr. Speaker. We are a government which is supposed to represent all its people and I say that the time has now come that we stand up and be a government for all. We have no business dictating government policies in the public sector any more than we have business endorsing a constitution which will forever divide people in the Northwest Territories. This, Mr. Speaker, is totally irresponsible of the government and I urge my fellow members to endorse only that which will provide equality for every citizen. We cannot afford racism to become another issue and, if we do, it will be far beyond any solution this government can find. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Seamus Henry on Concerns Regarding The Western Constitutional Proposal
In the Legislative Assembly on November 29th, 1996. See this statement in context.
Concerns Regarding The Western Constitutional Proposal
Item 3: Members' Statements
November 28th, 1996
Page 58
Seamus Henry Yellowknife South
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