Mr. Speaker, in the end, this may turn out very differently, and I do hope that it will. But if it goes down badly, we'll all be responsible for the outcome and the impact of the outcome. I need to be able to know that I've done everything I could at the time that I ought to have, not only to prevent disaster, but to lead the process into optimal resolution.
I firmly believe, Mr. Speaker, it is wrong for anybody, in this House or outside, to think that we're better off paying millions of dollars to southern hospitals and doctors and businesses than to the highly-qualified people and the facility we have right here. Mr. Speaker, our lack of action on this matter is threatening our very sovereignty as an independent and sovereign jurisdiction capable of being self-sufficient.
Once again, Mr. Speaker, I urge this government and the legislature and the leaders in and out of here to act on this urgent territorial issue immediately. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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