Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, to the motion. I do not support the motion. I will tell you the reason why. Mr. Chairman, the motion proposed in amendment by placing the community of Whale Cove in the proposed electoral district of Arviat. I will tell you the reason why I do not support that part of the motion. According to Section 23 of the Electoral Boundary Commission Act, it requires the Commission to take into consideration the powering factor in preparation of its report, this is on page 1, part of the introduction. A) Geographic and demographic consideration including scarcity, density or rate of growth of population of any part of Nunavut. I understand that the fastest growing community in the Northwest Territories is Arviat, perhaps also Gjoa Haven. Mr. Chairman, because the Section 23 clearly states that you have to take into account the rate of growth of population, that is why I do not support that portion of the motion. Mr. Chairman, Section A also talks about accessibility, geographic and by that sense, I do see that Mr. Arlooktoo has a point of not wanting to have Arviat part of the Sanikiluaq.

The distance between Arviat, the distance between Whale Cove and Sanikiluaq does not go inside with the Section 23 which talks about the geography and accessibility. If you look at the map of Hudson Bay, the distance between Whale Cove and Sanikiluaq is greater than any of Whale Cove and any other community in that area. So, Mr. Arlooktoo has a valid point. I support Mr. Arlooktoo in that area because the distance is too far and there are no family ties, if there are any at all, may be very few between the two communities. If you think I am contradicting myself, I am not because I am reading this section 23 in part of the introduction.

Now where do we put Whale Cove in this respect? I have no idea. That is why I asked the question on Friday, what do the people of Arviat think about this thing that we are considering, were considering Friday and today. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.