Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, to this motion, I have stated on the record that I believe it is the right action. It is the wrong time for this government. We are having some resistance from some of the Members here. I believe in the recycling business, Mr. Speaker. It is going to be another six days before this program is going to be implemented officially in the Northwest Territories. In six days from now, we will re-evaluate or reassign officers in our communities who have officers in our communities a new role, garbage collectors.

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They are going to be paying out the money to the people. Some of the communities are not equipped to have the recycle facilities to implement this program. It is six days. Do you know how much work we get done in six days here? Imagine the communities. In some of these communities, it is going to create a lot of confusion for the ENR officers and for the communities. In some of these communities English is not a first language. They have to explain this in Slavey, Gwich'in or Tlicho. It is easy for larger centres where the primary language is English. They can understand, and they can do the program. It is easy for them. They don't have to translate into...It is not confusing. They have a high cost of living in those small communities. We know what it is going to cost in the small communities. We know the prices we pay.

I think it is going to be a lot of confusion. Twenty-five percent of the population is left out. Eight communities are going to be approved to have these facilities. Twenty-three communities are not going to have these facilities. With 33 communities in the Northwest Territories, 23 communities are not going to have it, and only eight are going to be approved for this program here. That is a high number. Mr. Speaker, some of these communities are being penalized because we are not on the highway system, or don't have access to highways. It may be true, I am not too sure, but a commitment has been made already to previous communities about having this program. Good for them. Let them go for it. Let them do the program. The motion reads, "...delay implementation of the Beverage Container Recovery Program in every community without an approved depot until such time as a local depot is available." It says "delay." It doesn't mean stop it. Delay it, and get them in place. There are communities already in places like Yellowknife or Hay River or other places, I am not too sure. They are all set to go. Some of those communities don't even have a facility. They don't even understand this program. They will be penalized for the containers they buy for their children or themselves.

Mr. Speaker, it says "delay." It doesn't say "stop." I support this in the principle of what the Minister is bringing forward.