Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On April 1, 1999, two new territories will be created, the yet to be named western part of the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. After April 1, 1999, the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories will be made up of the remaining 14 MLAs from the western NWT. Mr. Speaker, residents of the town of Inuvik and the Beaufort Delta leaders have expressed concern about continuing to operate a 14-Member Legislative Assembly after the next territorial election scheduled for the fall of 1999. Mr. Speaker, at the last two conferences, the Beaufort Delta leaders passed two motions directing their three Beaufort Delta MLAs to call for an Electoral Boundaries Commission to review the current allocation of constituencies of the western NWT as we proceed with the creation of two territories. At the appropriate time, Mr. Speaker, I will be tabling these two motions of the Beaufort Delta leaders.

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