Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to say a brief few words against this motion. I personally could not stand here and support this motion. I have to think back over the last week or so in what's been happening in the House and as a Member of this government, the territorial government, I am very concerned about what we are doing to our government. I, for one, would not like to see this government be reduced to any less than what it should be: a full, strong public government that we're working collectively to the benefit of all the people of the Northwest Territories.
I don't agree with everything that is happening around here. I agree with the Members from the small communities that there are lots of issues that they have and want to address. Not only in Health and Social Services, in every department. It is a concern. It is a concern for everybody. It was a concern of mine when I was growing up in a small community in Nova Scotia. The same problems existed. The small communities, the rural communities, how do you get the same services in the small communities that you get in a big city? I don't know how you do that.
We can all work together to try and find solutions and bring those issues to a resolution, but for me to stand and point the finger at one individual, I just can't do that, Mr. Speaker. If I wanted to find a reason to support a motion of censure against the honourable Minister of Health and Social Services, I could probably find reasons over the last four years that would help me to make a decision to maybe do that. But when we're dealing with how we address the people of the Northwest Territories and how we bring them good services, I agree with a lot of the comments that were made about what problems we have and what causes those problems. I, as well as the Members from the small communities, have stood in this House and said how frustrating it is to have our mothers have to travel outside of Hay River to come to Yellowknife or Edmonton to give birth.
The reality is we can only do so much. It is a problem. Not just in the North, not just in the small communities, it's a problem right across the country. As we hear on TV and see in the newspapers, the Ministers of Health gather together and collectively they are trying to find solutions to these problems. But they are not easy problems to deal with.
I think that collectively I am looking for another four years in this government. I certainly want to be thinking that I'm coming back to a government that is effective for the Territories and that is a strong government. If we can't do it collectively as a strong government, we are certainly not going to do it by pointing the finger at individuals when everything goes wrong.
So, Mr. Speaker, I will not be supporting this motion and I hope that Members take that seriously when they decide to vote on this motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.