Thank you, Mr. Chairman. For some time now, we've been looking at the document before us, the Report of the Commission on MLA Compensation. This is part of an overall package that affects not only ourselves individually in our wallets but also, as politicians and MLAs, it has an impact on our overall strategy in the Northwest Territories dealing with the unions and dealing with our fiscal policy. The report that we've been examining has, to my mind, given us valuable food for thought, has given us a vehicle to bring concerns into the open and the public input into the process in terms of what MLAs should be compensated. I think at this point, even though we may not have finished all the fine detail of our review, to me, it's very important that we send a clear message; not only to the people in the North, but to the unions and to everybody we're doing business with that we, in fact, do intend to lead by example, that we take our role very seriously and were not just mouthing empty platitudes when we said we were going to share the pain.
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I hope our bankers and creditors will be as equally cheerful when they hear the news of the cuts we are taking.
Mr. Chairman, I would like to move the following motion.