Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the tabling of the report of the Special Committee on Conflict Process has triggered a number of events that are now before this House. Mr. Speaker, all the issues have been dealt with. The one outstanding issue is the conduct of some of the senior staff in the Premier's office.

Mr. Speaker, we have all been witness to and felt the impact of all the events outside this House that have been initiated to bring a focus to this, to bring pressure to bear on the Members of this Assembly as we try to do the business of government.

Mr. Speaker, I would like to clearly point out some facts as I see them. The general running of government by the Premier and Cabinet is not the issue here for me. As I have said in other forums and I will say here, I believe that I support at least 90 percent of the work, programs and initiatives that the government has undertaken. I may not agree on all the ways that things are being done but for the most part, Mr. Speaker, it is not a question in that area. I will say that publicly here today as I have said in other forums.

What I do have an issue with is a very specific but fundamental issue of what is appropriate conduct for the most senior civil servants in the land, based on the evidence and transcripts that were heard and presented to the special committee. That is an issue that we have to deal with as a House with the Premier and Cabinet. There is time to deal with this issue and I think there is flexibility and room to move. In fact, I believe we are almost halfway there. I understand that the principal secretary has done the honourable thing and tendered his resignation.

Mr. Speaker, we are under a significant amount of pressure to respond. I think it is time for all of us to take a breath and a step back, outside of the heat of the moment and the immediacy of the rapidly unfolding events, as legislators of the Northwest Territories...