Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. The government has taken some very, very bold and aggressive steps in the last few months at least, Mr. Speaker. Some of them, though, have not met with the expectations or the conventions or the rules that this Assembly is based on. The most significant one being consensus. The ones that come to mind, Mr. Speaker, would be the snap, sudden, secret decision to relocate the Territorial Treatment Centre to Hay River; the decision by the Minister of Industry, Tourism and Investment to dispense with the NWT's participation in the National Diamond Strategy and disband the diamond unit. Mr. Speaker, the most significant one happened late last year with the so-called "letter of comfort" when our Minister of Finance and our Premier decided to, in effect, block the NWT out of a significant revenue stream based on the development of the gas reserves.
Mr. Speaker, in here, with the Novel housing program and the project with ATCO, we have yet another situation here where things are going on without the knowledge, consultation or, in fact, the consent of this side of the Assembly. Mr. Speaker, we found out that the government has signed a memorandum of agreement with ATCO regarding the use of the Novel manufactured homes. Now, Mr. Speaker, I, too, am an advocate of making the very best opportunity of this great project that lies ahead of us. The challenge that I have, Mr. Speaker, is for the way in which our government is going about this. When I read in a document that was tabled I believe earlier in this Assembly that we already signed a memorandum of agreement, what is it that we've agreed to? Where are the options? Where is the feasibility? Where is the confidence? Where is the transparency? Where is the trust? Where is the consensus, Mr. Speaker? Thank you.
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