Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Mr. Miltenberger, Mr. Roland, Mr. Rabesca, Mr. Krutko, Mr. Steen, Mrs. Groenewegen, Mr. Morin, Mr. Kakfwi and Mr. Antoine. I ask you to do the right and just thing. Vote in favour of Mr. Ootes' motion. As hard as that may be for you, you must do it. When you go home to your own community and your constituents ask you, why did you support the motion? You can tell your constituents, I did nothing more for the residents of Yellowknife than I would do for my own constituency. Tell your constituents, the guiding light and principle from which we all draw our strength collectively, is the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Tell your constituents, this document gives each of us the right to know we are all equal. Tell your constituents, that we legislators voting in favour of the motion to give two more seats to Yellowknife is protected and enshrined, your right, the right to equality. To have equality, you have to give equality.

Tell your constituents the process was fair. Tell your constituents we had some of the brightest residents above reproach from the Northwest Territories sit on the Boundaries Commission. They came up with recommendations for two more seats to a constituency. We had a judge for the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories. We had a well respected government leader from a previous government. We had a member at large from the Tuktoyaktuk Community Corporation and a member of that community. I would point out two outstanding ladies and one outstanding gentleman. Tell your constituents we did not have a choice. Tell them we voted in favour of establishing a commission. We put it in place with the best people we could find. Their recommendations are fair and just. That is why we voted in favour of the motion. I will be supporting the motion, Mr. Chairman, and I would encourage all Members of this House to do the same. Thank you, sir.

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