Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I just want to put on record my position on this motion, Mr. Speaker. I will not be supporting this motion, and that's because while I do believe that the issues being raised by the Members for North Slave and Mackenzie Delta are valid ones, and obviously very complex too, we have to take into account what Mr. Handley has indicated.
Put simply, I'm opposing this motion at this time mainly for process reasons. There is no question that this file has not been handled as well as it should have been from the beginning of this legislature. It's hard for me to recall everything, but I do remember a number of studies being done on this issue. I recall the electric generation and distribution studies. For the energy strategy, we've had a hydro strategy on the go, and I just think that it's better at this juncture to leave it for the next Assembly to review some of the findings of the study. They should get consensus built on the political will and political direction and to work with the board of the corporation to better coordinate this time so that nothing like what happened last time is repeated.
So simply, Mr. Speaker, we just haven't had a chance to debate fully on the implications of the latest ruling of the board. I just feel, as I said, at this juncture on the eve of the dissolution of this Assembly, this is just not the right time. So for that reason I will not be supporting the motion at this time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.