Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, let me say what a wonderful community I think Yellowknife is and what a wonderful input and contribution the four Members from Yellowknife do make to this Legislature. I want to say that I respect that input very much and I appreciate working with them. However, at a time when it is decided by the majority of the people in the Northwest Territories that more Members are needed to be elected to this legislature and it is determined what number that will be and how that will be evenly distributed amongst the population, I am certain I will have no trouble supporting two more Members for the City of Yellowknife. However, as a Member representing Hay River and I look at this report and I see that the percentage variance from average of Hay River, with Enterprise removed, is still at plus 46 percent, I cannot in good conscience support putting that kind of disproportionate representation to my own community in favour of Yellowknife.
However, if in the future, as I said before, when some of the constitutional and governance issues are established and it is determined that we do need more than 14 MLAs in this Legislature, I will be all for supporting Yellowknife's equal and fair representation in this legislature with additional Members at that time, if so determined. Thank you, Mr. Chairman.