Thank you, Madam Chairperson. I have heard that this should be something that all of the people should be involved in. That is precisely what we are trying to do. We are trying to get all of the people involved in this. We are recommending equal representation on this commission. By that I mean an equal amount of aboriginal people to an equal amount of non-aboriginal people. I do not think this has ever happened before. The last constitutional process that we went through, the vast majority of people on there were aboriginal people. If that was one of the problems, and that will probably continue to happen if something like this is not put in place, and this was one of the recommendations that came from an aboriginal leader which we have adopted. This is not something that we have concocted out of the blue. Politicians have been trying to do this for years and years and years. There has never been a deadline. There has never been anything put in place, such as legislation, to say how it will be done. One of the problems with the last process too was that it was like a revolving door. One day one group or one government would be represented by someone. At the next meeting they would be represented by someone else. At the next meeting it would be a different government that would be represented by someone else. How can you try to work consistently when you are always explaining things to new people?
This is another thing that we are saying. You have to have dedicated people. When we went around, this is what people were telling us. They want something put in place immediately. They want this government to act and to show that they are doing something. It has taken almost two years now to work on this political protocol, and there is nothing there. Why should anybody think anything else is going to happen out of this other process? This will be taking things out of the hands of the politicians. You would have dedicated people working on this, an equal amount of aboriginal people, an equal amount of non-aboriginal people. Maybe the two sides could select a chairperson they agree on. Whatever they come up with, you bring that to a constitutional conference. You have people from all over the Northwest Territories at that conference. From there the conference comes up with something that the whole of the Northwest Territories votes on. Then you implement it. Now, that is involving the people of the Northwest Territories. But, no, I guess it is not meant to be, because we certainly cannot implement it. There is only one group of people in the Northwest Territories that can, six people, and they are not sitting over here.
Madam Chairperson, I do not know if the Cabinet understands just how deep of a division, rifts, I should say, amongst the peoples of the Northwest Territories through Bill 15 and the court cases. People need to be assured that something is in place, something concrete, not a promise that something is going to happen. They need something they can actually hang their hat on, and that is why we want legislation, not only for this but for the 2-2-2 proposal as well. Promises or inferences, speeches that something will be done in the future, hopefully by the next Legislative Assembly, I do not think that cuts too much mustard with those people out there. Thank you, Madam Chairperson.