Mr. Antoine, Mrs. Groenewegen, Mr. Krutko, Mr. Rabesca, Mr. Roland, Mr. Miltenberger, Mr. Morin.

Thank you. All those abstaining, please stand.

Mr. Ng, Mr. Picco and Mr. O'Brien.

Thank you. I will read the recorded vote. For, six. Against, seven. Abstentions, three. The motion is defeated, therefore, I recognize Mr. Dent.

The motion is being distributed to Members of the committee. I believe the honourable colleagues have a copy of the motion. The motion is in order. Mr. Dent, to the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. To the motion. Mr. Erasmus.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I will not go into all the reasons why we need more representation for the Yellowknife area as that has been very well spoken to prior to this, but I wanted to indicate similarly to Mr. Dent that, while I am disappointed that the Members here did not agree that the Yellowknife area needed two additional seats, I too feel that even one more seat would make the distribution of the population in Yellowknife and the Yellowknife area a lot more equitable. While they would still be considerably larger than the vast majority of the rest of the constituencies in the western Arctic, that this is much more desirable than receiving those seats. For that reason, I would ask the Members here to vote in favour of this motion. Thank you.

Thank you. The motion is in order. To the motion. Question has been called. All those in favour? All those opposed? The motion is defeated. Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you. Please proceed with your motion.

Your motion is in order. The written form of the motion is being distributed, so we will pause momentarily. The motion is in order. I would like to recognize the mover of the motion, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you. Your request for recorded vote is noted. I have Mr. Kakfwi to the motion.

Thank you, Mr. Kakfwi. To the motion, Mr. Morin.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will repeat again, in case some Members have a problem in hearing, that earlier today I had said, when I was speaking to the motion, I would support the redrafting of Yellowknife's constituency boundaries to better reflect an even number throughout the city, exactly what the Member from Thebacha had said. That seems to be a concern for Yellowknife, we have heard it before, so we will assist them in equalizing those seats and making the numbers more equal within the city of Yellowknife. I will be supporting this motion. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Morin. Mr. Erasmus.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Frankly, I must echo Mr. Kakfwi's sentiments. I am rather insulted by this move by people from outside of the Yellowknife constituencies to tell us how we are to reconstitute our four constituencies here in Yellowknife. For one thing, this document does not indicate how the population will be redistributed. We do not know what we are looking at, we do not know what we are voting on. Neither does anybody here. I would expect that if things were to remain the same, then the Members, at least, would have the common decency to let the four Yellowknife MLAs decide how the Yellowknife constituencies would be redistributed. I cannot vote in favour of this motion. Thank you.

Thank you. Mr. Dent.

Thank you, Mr. Dent. I have Mr. Krutko, Mr. Ootes, and Mrs. Groenewegen. Mr. Krutko.