Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, in the last number of days I have had to do some serious soul- searching, is the only way I can put it, with the happenings that have been going on in this arena, as I would call it, and the comments we have been hearing from Members, Ministers, as well as the public, have made me look at my last three years in this Assembly in what caused me to put my name into running for a position that would be at this level of government. I have people tell me, are you sure you know what you are doing? I have had a close friend tell me, you will get an education of a lifetime. I will say that, indeed, it has come to pass that I have learned many things here. I have learned that there is honour in this Assembly, there is respectability if you earn it. I have also learned that things change very quickly, as well.

My concern as I look around here, and I have to look, the days coming as to how we will be presented to the public. I ran in a government that was for the people and I chose to come forward and try and bring issues from a community level into this arena. I can say from where I look at it, that has been done for the most part. The disappointing thing, though, of this whole area of work and life that I now look at is that we see so many different sides of policies, regulations and of all Members. I think we all must look back and ask ourselves genuinely what caused us to put our names into this arena? What reason are we here for? We are here for the people of the Northwest Territories. I stand here and represent the people of Inuvik and I hope we will all review our position here. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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