Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank my colleagues for allowing me to conclude my statement. Mr. Speaker, I look at these two documents where the Premier, in fact, refers to a central public government and the need for a strong one, but only in the capacity for provincial and federal relations, which I think is somewhat short of a complete definition that there is going to be a role for monitoring standards and ensuring that glue is there that will help bind this territory together. It is unfortunate that the Minister in his document on western governance does not even mention the need for a central public government as we embark upon this journey or try to conclude this journey of negotiating inherent right and self-government arrangements with the aboriginal governments. It is a step in the right direction, Mr. Speaker. It has been some time coming and if it is viewed as a step as part of the process that is going to take us to a strong united territorial government in the west, then I am prepared to take part in that debate. It is essential that all western MLAs do and that our communities do. Mr. Speaker, we have not had much time to look at these statements and I am responding very quickly because it is such a critical issue to me and I look forward at some point to greater opportunity to discuss these statements. I hope to see the fleshed-out implementation documents that will define some of the labels and titles used in the documents and statements made by the Minister and Premier today.

There are some important comments made. There are a lot of laudable principles alluded to, in terms of cooperation, partnership, and working together. The definition of what we mean by that is going to be where the debate is going to take place and it is going to be a critical debate and I look forward to engaging in that with my fellow MLAs, the people of the Western Territory and of course, the many aboriginal governments and leaders, many of whom, are with us today. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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