Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am the seconder to this motion, and obviously I will be supporting this motion. I was hoping that we would avoid a long protracted debate on this subject here in the House today, but it has been spoken to by a number of Members so I feel that I need to speak to it as well. To me this is quite a simple issue. This is not complex. This is not personal, this is business. The people of the Northwest Territories have asked us as elected leaders to provide them with sober leadership. That is a reasonable request on the part of the people of the Northwest Territories. We have not delivered that in this instance. It is just that simple for me. That is a very reasonable expectation of the people we represent, that we would do so in a way that at least we would be sober. So I am dismayed by some of the comments I have heard here today by other Members. The comments about racism, insinuating that if it was somebody other than an aboriginal person who had done this, that we wouldn't have any reaction to it. That is preposterous, and I do not accept that. There is no racism involved here.
Jane Groenewegen on Motion 10-15(3): Revocation Of Appointment To The Executive Council, Carried
In the Legislative Assembly on May 31st, 2004. See this statement in context.
Motion 10-15(3): Revocation Of Appointment To The Executive Council, Carried
Item 16: Motions
May 30th, 2004
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