Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to speak again about an issue I believe that is worthy of repetition, Mr. Speaker, and that is to remind the government and the legislature of the importance of sending both parties in the specialists' negotiating dispute back to the negotiations table. Mr. Speaker, the way I see it, if the relationship between the two parties continues to deteriorate and the worst case scenario happens -- for example, the specialists are let go or walk out -- the impact on the future viability of this hospital and the future of this city and territory will be a major disaster.

Mr. Speaker, the contingency plan currently in place will not carry us through July and August, never mind until new specialists are found. If we do manage to gather locums together one week to the next, it will cost us a lot more financially or otherwise in the long run.

Mr. Speaker, I do firmly believe, and we must, that there is still room and time for all of us leaders to play an important role in bringing this to a close. I believe there is a way we can contribute without taking sides or interfering with the negotiation process. All of us need to privately or publicly, however we see fit, put the pressure on both the government and the doctors to get back to the table and hammer out their differences.

Mr. Speaker, I believe being neutral on this is putting pressure on both parties to do their talking at the negotiating table, not outside, not in the media. Mr. Speaker, further, there is a judgment call that needs to be made here by all of us. Have we crossed, or are we dangerously close to crossing the line to where we've been before? I know we don't want to revisit the Giant Mine situation of a decade ago, but I was working in the government at the time and I recall all the leaders, everyone from the federal Minister responsible for labour, the MP, the mayor, the territorial government, going around in circles, paralyzed with questions about the power and authority they had, or didn't have, to intervene in the process. Everyone felt helpless about getting directly involved, though many thought, or might have thought, that they had done everything they could. But in the end, Mr. Speaker, the outcome was a major disaster of horrible proportions.

Mr. Speaker, this may turn out very differently, and I do hope that it will. But if it all goes down badly, Mr. Speaker...

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.