Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, as we have heard, it has been past practice of Assemblies to request audits of departments. It only goes to show prudent management to review the process and previous decisions of government. I believe this is the time to do that. There is no better time than early in the life of a government to do such a review, especially since it was the largest amalgamation that this government has seen.
There have been many changes to the departments involved. There have been many policy changes. There will be no waiting for business as usual. We will continue doing the work of government, as good governments would, until this government deals with a report. The report would be reviewed by this government as a whole.
Yes, it might come up with some ideas as to how we can tweak the department to try and improve how we deliver the service to residents of the Northwest Territories. That is what we are here for.
I think we need to show we are being prudent in our management, to review what we do in the business of government. How do we deliver the service? We have heard around the table of all of the concern when it comes from private sector, hunters and trappers, the developers, of our role. This might just point out the fact that we can either come in tune with the aboriginal governments in certain ways, or come in tune with Ottawa. It might help our argument for the resource devolution even more.
I think it is something we need to look at positively. Mr. Speaker, this government has stated it will be open, accountable, and transparent. I must say that I am surprised that our Cabinet seems reluctant to show support for the motion. It is straightforward. It is operational. Even though the Minister responsible for Finance is talking about it costing dollars, the fact is the Auditor General will provide this service free of charge. If there is a follow-up action and some changes happen, it could save us even more money. I think the Finance Minister should be very happy about the fact that I will not hound him as much if he has more money.
Mr. Speaker, this motion is straightforward. It is prudent management. It is showing that, as a government early in its life, we are open to new ideas and a way of delivering service to our residents that is top quality. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am supporting the motion.