Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Wednesday, March 7, 2001, I will move the following motion:
Now therefore I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, that the Legislative Assembly of the Northwest Territories is ardently opposed to oil and gas exploration and development activity being carried out in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and its coastal plain;
And further, that the Honourable Stephen Kakfwi, Premier of the Northwest Territories, communicate this resolution to the Right Honourable Jean Chretien, Prime Minister of Canada;
And furthermore, that the Prime Minister and the Government of Canada, through the office of Minister of the Environment, be encouraged to continue to vigorously oppose any threat to the shared natural resources of northern Alaska, the Yukon Territory and the Northwest Territories.