Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, rise today to approve of the motion that is before us here. I am in support of the motion. As a former student, I attended residential school in Inuvik and I understand how these people feel. Fortunately, I was one of the lucky ones where it never got to the point where it happened in terms of what has been happening lately.
I appreciate the Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes for putting forth this motion. It's hard to talk about it, but I have been to school with some of these people as far east as Cambridge Bay, Taloyoak and all these places I went to school before. I understand this. I went to school with students from Fort Good Hope in the Sahtu. I have been there.
Some of the former students committed suicide even before this whole thing came out. It's a problem when you look at the situation where this is coming out. I appreciate those people who are still coming out and saying something is wrong here and we have to fix it.
We have to be very careful in what we say to the motion. Mr. Speaker, I think we are bringing a message to the government that we will not tolerate it. We have to fight on behalf of people who can't speak for themselves. They are the ones who are coming out right now and I really support their endeavours, Mr. Speaker.
My colleagues are in support of this motion but, like I say, Mr. Speaker, it's something we have to do. Some of my colleagues said that the Premier already apologized for this. The apology might be taken by some Members of this House, but the apology should be to the people who are out there who are still struggling to do something for themselves. As Members right now, we have that opportunity and we are putting forth this motion. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.