Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I had an opportunity to travel back home to my community of Inuvik and spend time with family as well as individuals of the community. Mr. Speaker, the issue of the Lahm Ridge Tower has been in the air and people have been discussing it for quite a lengthy time. It has gone on and on and on. It is like a record that keeps on bouncing and going back to the same subject.

Mr. Speaker, the people out there, who do not see all the picture or just see part of the picture, are concerned. There was reference made to me about, as a representative of this government, how does it feel to be part of a banana republic? Mr. Speaker, I did not run in a campaign to be stamped, painted and put into this category - not without my own doing anyway. I would say, in reference to when somebody thought it and would put me down, I thought about what we are doing as a government. On many occasions I have stood up here and talked about the people we represent, the hard job we have done in balancing the budget and trying to move ahead and do the good things the people are expecting of us. It is that kind of situation, Mr. Speaker that, indeed, put us into a bad light. We need to deal with the issue by whatever means, but deal with it and move on with business. I, myself, have listened to many questions and have not taken part, but there are a number of questions I feel need to be answered when I am reviewing all of the information. There are too much lying and moving around and not being clarified. It is time to get some clarity and deal with the issue and put it to rest. Instead of being referred to as a Banana Republic, we can be referred to as a responsible government that is taking care of some difficult situations and made the right choices to move forward, in that we can truly say the 13th Assembly represented the people of the territories to the best of its ability and made wise and right choices. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.