Thank you, Mr. Speaker, Mr. Speaker, this House was asked to rule and provide direction on two issues stemming from the Auditor General's report. The House did that, clearly. The first recommendation, we agreed with the Auditor General's report. The House also did not agree with the second recommendation in regard to the resignation of the Premier. The decision has been made. We are now faced with another motion saying that because of those decisions the majority should be asked to dissolve and go to an early election.
This has been a long process, a heated debate. During the process, many of us have been vilified and pilloried. The issue of honour and integrity has been brought into question. I would like to clearly point out to all Members in this House that not one of us has a corner on honour and integrity. It is something that we all strive for. As you will find out, none of us are perfect. I stand here today to make that point.
We have been accused of things like misleading the House and other very, very serious accusations. I know there is a heated debate here. I would not trade this type of governance for any other type, but there have been some very strong things said in this House, and I can tell you right now that I as well am ready to go to election.
I answer to my constituents every day. As Minister I try to answer to the people of the Northwest Territories every day. Mr. Speaker, I will answer not only for this particular issue but I will answer for all the work and all the decisions that I have made during my term in the 14th Assembly.
Mr. Nitah said, what is the difference between three months and now? For me, that is one of the issues. We are talking a matter of months. We are in the last year of our term. I as Minister have a very aggressive agenda of things I am trying to accomplish with the departments and the health authorities. As the Member for Thebacha, I have a long list of issues on the go that I do not want to jeopardize in the last year because we have made a hasty decision.
So yes, Mr. Speaker, I am ready to answer to the people and I will answer to the people and I will answer on the date that this Assembly decided on when we were in Tl'oondih, which was November 24th. I will not be supporting this motion and I think we should concentrate on concluding the business of the 14th Assembly and the agenda we had for a better tomorrow.
Let's move on this. Mr. Speaker, I have been here for two Assemblies now and we have been, in one way or another, mired down for about five years in issues related to conflict and ethics and integrity and I think there is a tremendous sense of fatigue across the land with the issue.
I for one, if I can use Mr. Krutko's phrase, I for one would like to see us move ahead, vote on this motion, and let the will of the House be heard, and once it is heard, let's continue to move forward, because I as well have done my poll, and fully expect that we will be concluding our full term in the 14th Assembly, and we have to do it the best we can, through conciliation to do it together and to try to achieve all the issues for all the constituents in all constituencies. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.