Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, we have heard some good comments today from Members as to what they would like to see this government do in the future. They are using this time in the House to give some direction as to what they see as possible advantages here. I have to support something like that and there is a good purpose out of almost everything.

Initially, we are here to speak to the motion of confidence in the Premier. I have been receiving, as I have said in the past, some direction from my constituents at home. Based on the information they have and based on the information they have seen through the television system, they do not feel there is a need for the Premier to resign and that I should vote accordingly. The people in my riding who I have contacted have all encouraged the Premier to continue down the road. They have chosen this as the best approach to advance their role in development of the Territories. Mr. Kakfwi has not ignored or forgotten the Inuvialuit settlement region in his time as Premier and for that, the people of my riding are thankful.

Last week in this House, I indicated I would vote by public vote versus a secret ballot, as that is the wish of my people. I said, Mr. Speaker, and I will repeat it again, that in this day and age of high tech communication systems, people at home, no matter how far away they are now, they do not depend on you to tell them what we have done in this House. They can actually watch you. They are suggesting to me that they do not want to hear how I voted, they want to see how they voted. That strongly suggests to me that I have to vote as they wish.

They have indicated to me, Mr. Speaker, that there is no need at this point in time to require the Premier to resign and that he should continue with the process that he has put in place. There are some good things happening in the Beaufort-Delta. We are finally reaching the point of agreement-In-principle on self-government. We are also seeing again a return in the oil and gas activity. Much of this people credit to this government through the actions of the Premier.

Those are good points and people feel that this is not the time to upset the band wagon. We are proceeding down a road and although people might want to jump on and off this wagon, it is not the time right now. We have a lot to do yet. We have only a short time to do it in. If we are to show any benefit out of this Assembly in the four years of this Assembly, we have very little time to do that.

As many Members have indicated, we have put a plan in place. We have to proceed down that road now. There is no doubt that there are going to be obstacles on that road all the way and there are going to be times when we do not all agree on everything. I believe that times like we had in the last week are really -- there is possibly some frustration involved, possibly some expectations that were not realistic -- but overall, I think the major problem is that we did not sit down and talk this thing out amongst ourselves.

We really did not have enough time to discuss the recommendations as they were put forward and to give people time to react to the recommendations, if they were accepted. There were a lot of people moving pretty fast here.

In the end of a situation like this where we are taking up a lot of time in this House, at the end to discuss issues as to our own attendance in this House and our own conduct in this House.

I think, Mr. Speaker, we could see some good come out of this in that if we proceed from here on with -- if it is the wish of the Assembly that there is going to be a secret ballot as well as public ballot, I have no problem with that as long as I have the opportunity to vote in public so that my people can see me vote. I have no problem with that.

With that, I will say that as an MLA and as a Minister, I will vote in favour of this motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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