Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to thank all my colleagues for making their comments on this issue. This issue has been very hotly disputed behind closed doors. Everyone is taking positions. I am glad everyone has come out to put their positions on the table for everybody to see. We entered this motion onto the floor expecting Cabinet to abstain on this issue. It's really not even worth voting on it now because the numbers are not there anymore. Cabinet has changed their position. It's not surprising, Mr. Speaker. This has been the attitude with this government on small communities. One Member stands up for the larger centre, Cabinet changes their position.

Mr. Speaker, it's not what's good for one riding. Many people are looking at it from that standpoint. People want us to believe what's good for Yellowknife and what's good for Hay River is good for all. That's not true. We have different standards. This document is not complete. We have been asking for information. We are saying fix it before we put it on the table. Some people want to go ahead with a broken down vehicle that's not going to work. That's not going to serve my riding and it's not going to serve a lot of communities in the North.

Mr. Speaker, I think we demonstrated and everybody stated that we lost the intent of this initiative. The intent was to harmonize income support with housing, but we've throw a lot of different things here into the mix. We have to take a look at it again. Many seniors are contacting a number of us here in this House. Was he concerned that this government is changing its attitudes towards how they are treating seniors? They are concerned that next will be the fuel subsidy. Aboriginal people are contacting us and saying what about our rights, what about our treaty rights? We are choosing to ignore that. That really concerns me.

I can't agree that we have to forge ahead regardless. We don't know what the outcomes of this are going to be. We don't know what the fallout of this initiative is going to be. We should know that before we go ahead. We try to do that with every other initiative and that's all we are asking for in this case. Be fair. Let us take the time and defer it for a year, so that housing and income support Ministers can do their due diligence on this and fix it so they can bring it back, not just put it on the table because Cabinet put that position on the table and we can't change our mind. That's not fair. That's not consensus government. We need to have a free vote. If we want to abstain, then we need a free vote. Let every Minister on the other side show to their constituents what their position is. It's not fair to tie their hands, not on this initiative.

Mr. Speaker, all I can do is ask my colleagues to support this initiative. Let's take it back, let's fix it and bring it back to the table. I am going to ask, Mr. Speaker, that we have a recorded vote on this issue. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.