Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, clearly there is a need to take a look at the broad issue of sports and recreation. It should not be focused around one primary activity that sucks up all of the resources and energy of the government and people of the Northwest Territories.

Mr. Speaker, we should be looking at the least of three to four years for the Arctic Winter Games. If not, the possibility of even focusing on our own territorial games in the summer and winter and backing away from that very expensive process that now exists.

I will be asking the Minister of Municipal and Community Affairs later today how he intends to deal with this very critical issue. Thank you.

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