Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I believe we tried yesterday to share with the Members our interest and concern in this area. We would like to look at ways in which we can increase a number of northern people in the civil service and increase the number of aboriginal people and women, particularly in the senior management level. That should be clear.
We would like to work with the Members on discussing the best way of achieving that. That should be clear. We made that commitment yesterday. What has thrown us a bit is that there is now a motion that has passed that says the Members on the other side have already figured it all out, with the solution being a Public Service Commission.
We abstained from the vote because it is a direction the Members wish to convey to us. We accept it. We are still committed to the fact we should first review all of our options and be clear about what our motives are and why we are interested in addressing this issue, and to work together in September to decide on a particular course of action, so all of us, Cabinet and Ordinary Members, come together and define a course of action that is acceptable to everybody.
The motion has thrown us because it has pre-empted the suggestion we made to work together to discuss a number of options, one of which would be a Public Service Commission. Thank you.