Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the statement I would like to make today is in regard to ourselves as regular Members of this Legislature where there are times that we ask a lot of questions to the Cabinet and raise a lot of issues that affect our communities on a day-to-day basis. Those questions that we ask, are not questions that we just basically think about. Those questions come from individuals in our communities who call us, fax us and make us aware these concerns are real in the communities. I made a statement yesterday in the House in regard to the circumstances we find ourselves in a lot of small aboriginal communities, where there is a cycle of violence and death associated with that violence.
As an elected Member to this 13th Assembly, there are a lot of times we have debates and concerns raised in this House about the way government spends its money and the way we feel we have been treated from one community to the next, from the small communities versus larger centres. Those motions and questions that are asked in this House have to be taken seriously and taken in the context that we represent constituents as we are the voice of those people. Through those motions and different concerns we raise, hopefully, we will make it better for the lives of the people we represent in our communities. Things I speak about I have seen happen in different areas or communities in regard to pilot projects, block funding arrangements with large municipalities, one-time funds for different municipalities.
Most of all, there are certain feelings that I have of the different way, with division coming on, a lot of times the support I get in this House comes from my eastern colleagues. With that, I will be missing that support from the Members from the east. Mr. Speaker, I passed a lot of motions. There are times, especially with Cabinet Members feeling the frustration of motion sickness from this Member of this side of the House.
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