Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm glad to have this opportunity to make some comments towards this bill. I look at the numbers on here and I see an overall population of 42,810. That's one riding for a lot of MLAs south. If you look at some of the numbers here, 2,800, 1,700, the numbers are low and for us to say that they're under-represented, if they're under-represented they're not getting adequate representation and we're not doing our job. That's the way I look at it.

I fully respect the people from the Monfwi's lobbying to get another seat, but I have to say that if the people from the Monfwi would like another seat, then I think the people from the Sahtu need a seat, the people from the Deh Cho need another seat, the people from the Inuvialuit/Gwich'in need another seat. So that's the way I look at it, and I say that in all due respect. But we have to be realistic here and look at the numbers and see that the numbers are not that high. Eighteen hundred sixty-five people, I should know them all by their first name.