Thank you, Mr. Chairman. As for myself, of course, I mean it is incumbent on me to state that I will be supporting the motion but I will add to that in the context of how the report is laid out.

Mr. Chairman, it is the responsibility, ultimately, of the Premier, of how his staff conduct themselves in relation to the ongoing work of this House. The fact is, Mr. Chairman, as a Member of this Assembly, if I have a concern that gets raised and it goes to Cabinet, in one form or another, the senior staff would deal with the issue or provide him advice. We have heard already from the Premier his status on this and will move forward with that. Some of us Members will have to consider what he stated at this point.

In light of all the information, Mr. Chairman, I agree we cannot absolutely state that he must remove two individuals from his senior staff. Just to leave that motion as it is and to have no context with it as laid out in the report is a rather empty one.

The Premier stated he has to show the leadership. He is the leader and I agree. At some point, one has to make a decision based on the interests of the people of the Northwest Territories that would call on that leadership ability. He is going to stand by his decisions and I must say his commitment is one that I think a lot of people would like to have; stand by your decision. That is good.

Now myself as a Member, I support this motion. After it goes through, knowing what the Premier stated, I have to look at where I stand in the whole thing. There has been much laid out in this process, Mr. Chairman, on the conduct of some of the senior staff of this government. Very questionable how they became involved in a conflict process from day one. Mr. Chairman, that is not acceptable.

Now, if there was a concern raised, I am sure that at some point someone would have raised the red flag. I think it would have been done and should have been done. If it was not, that this situation existed, the fact that the Premier stated on July 23rd in the House of the incidents that happened, that his staff were involved, but no one was made aware of it until this process kicked into gear, the fact that he as Premier did have that information and now is ready to stand by the decision he has made in the past, and again I guess it is one to say, some political fortitude there in the sense of standing by your decision.

Some would say, and I will be quite frank about this, the fact that issue, and some would make light of it, in fact that some Members here on the other side have been spoken about in a light that is not very good, being bitter and twisted. It has been said publicly. That is a defensive sum, but I know in front of my constituents I can stand up and say I have raised the issues and say I raised them fairly.

Though some speakers here have spoken out in support of the motion in an empty context, then why make the motion? For far too long this government has been full of fluff. Put some fortitude behind it. You want credibility? It does not fall in your lap. We earn it. You want respectability? That is another thing we earn.

Even as children of our own parents, it is not something that is granted automatically. It might be from a small age until we get a little older, but then we usually do something wrong that our parents discipline us on. Then we have to earn it back. He has an opportunity to earn some of that respect back and that credibility. I will give him the benefit of the doubt to see what occurs, but if it is as he stated and he is standing on it, then I as a Member will have to look at my options of what remain.

Now, it is easy to say in this case that the actions Minister Groenewegen has taken, the high road as many Members have said, in stepping down as a Minister of this government, but there were checks and balances that were in place, or should have been in place, at the most highest places in this government that have failed. Now, where they have failed, I am not sure, but they failed and they failed this Minister.

If Members are going to support this motion, they should support if for a reason. As for myself, Mr. Chairman, I will support this motion in the context it is laid out in the report, not taken lightly, not taken in the sense of making anyone pay. I look at the long term. I look at the people I represent and I tell you, Mr. Chairman, what some of the people said about this process I cannot repeat in this House because they were not very flattering about the trust that they have in this government.

I think that as Members of the Assembly, we do all have to reflect why it is we first came into this position, why is it that we took that oath. Why is it we want to be partaking in this situation, knowing of all the issues that would come our way, good and bad.

As a Member of this House, whatever the outcome, I will accept this House, its decision at the end of the day but I will always have to look back to my people and ask was it the right thing to do? They will tell me if I was right or wrong.

With that, Mr. Chairman, as I said, I support this motion in the context it is laid out in the report and as a Member of this Assembly, I will have to reflect on that knowing what the Premier said. Thank you.