Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I will be supporting this motion, because I feel, as a Member of this Legislative Assembly, that the mandate I was given by the people of the Mackenzie Delta, has been undermined, not once but twice. Mr. Speaker, when my ability to do the job is in question, I would like to know what does my constituency want from me and should I go out and get another mandate?

For myself, I believe I have been undermined through the underhanded tactics of certain politicians and certain people, that I for one feel that it has affected my ability to do my job as an elected Member of the 14th Assembly, on the basis of not having the freedom or the ability to knowingly that I have done the best job I can for the people I represent, and having the ability to know that the issues I discuss or the way I vote, I can do it freely without knowing that I will be threatened or undermining my ability to do the best job for the people of the Mackenzie Delta.

I for one feel that what has happened here is about as low as you can get in regard to the relationship between our community leaders, our politicians, and the people that we serve, which people have used that avenue to divide people in our communities, and divide the leaders of our communities by taking sides on issues at the end of the day that only benefit a few.

For myself, I have always put the faith in the people that I serve. The faith in our elders, the faith in our youth, and the faith in our community leaders, but when that question is asked, and when your ability is undermined, you have to go back out to get another mandate, to see where you stand in the eyes of the electorate, in the people who put us here, not hide behind each other because you think that there is a threat looming out there, that the sky is falling. At the end of the day, we as elected Members of this Legislative Assembly have to get the respect of the people we are here to serve. My view is we have lost that.

We, as 19 Members, should do the honourable thing and go back out, put our names in regard to the ballot, and let the people in our communities say who they want to represent us. I am willing to do that, because I feel threatened by what has happened here, not once, but twice.

I have built a career in regard to politics by way of community politics, aboriginal politics, and now here, in the Legislative Assembly. My name is all I have to show for it. If I do not feel comfortable looking at myself in the mirror, knowing that I know I did the right thing, but was pressured to do something else...I think we should do the right thing.

I will be supporting this motion.