That was an issue we raised during the last time this court case went forward and it was raised in the context that small communities will become minorities in this Legislature and they will be losing the voice we had prior to division. It has lost the texture of exactly what this territory is supposed to be. The Northwest Territories has been known for its kindness and commitment to all people who come north. Yet the focus of governments and institutions seems to be focussing on the industries and the tourists that come from the South, but not really taking care of the people who really live here. The demographics of how that decision has affected us to govern in the context of representation and has deteriorated in the North from what it was.

I think we also have to realize that as northerners, real northerners, we do care for the little people in the North. If we have to make a choice between a sniffer dog and a highway patrol and putting in a police officer in Sachs Harbour or Tsiigehtchic or the smaller communities, that should be an automatic decision.

You talk about police services, the security and the well-being of our people. The fundamental right of every person should be the quality of life issue. Has it really improved the quality of life of all residents of the Northwest Territories since we had the last court decision? I would have to say no. It might have improved the quality of life for people in the smaller centres. You can definitely see that by looking at the economics.

With that, I will be supporting Bill 14. I think that we do have to go back and revisit the social and economics of what decisions have been made by your courts, the effects it has had on the people of the Northwest Territories, and see what it's done to improve the quality of life of all residents of the Northwest Territories when we have these court decisions.

Knowing we do have a decline in the population of the Northwest Territories is an aspect that has to be seriously considered before we make a decision unless we have some real numbers that we can make that decision with. We are having an outward migration from the Northwest Territories with all the economic development that is presently being seen by the information that is being provided. More people aren't coming here; more people are leaving. That alone should tell us that there is a decline in our population.

I do believe that we are beating the courts on their grounds of the 25 percent guidelines, which is 25 percent plus or minus. That was the basis of our last court decision. That is not good enough. I think we should seriously look at how we have representation in Canada and other places in the world. We have representatives in Ottawa in a Senator for Nunavut, a Senator for the Northwest Territories and Yukon, basically 23,000 people out of 30-odd million people in Canada. At this point, we do have to realize that we do have to look at the cost of government and the services of government and that the majority of the capital investment this government makes is to run a government. It's not to provide programs and services for the people.

With that...