Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I, too, wish to speak in favour of this motion. Following what my colleague from Hay River South said, I do believe that a motion like this is an important statement. It is a formal motion coming out of an elected body of a territory in Canada. It is a message to the new federal government. It is a multi-partisan pan-territorial message to the federal government that is very specific. It is a message to the new MP for Western Arctic, Mr. Bevington. It is sort of an assignment we are asking him to undertake. He has already made a commitment to do that, but, certainly, we are putting some wind behind him so he knows that he has the support of this House with respect to this issue. It is also a message to the Premier to work with the other territorial Premiers to push this agenda. It is also a message to other northern MPs, of course, because we know that this cannot be achieved without the support and help from everyone. I think it is an issue that has the consent and support of everyone in the North. I am very optimistic that this will go a long way in pushing this forward in what is assumed to be a short time of this government as this being a minority government.

Mr. Speaker, I believe this is a motion that speaks to our desire in this Legislature to do something to help with the high cost of living and doing business in the North. We are asking the federal government to take a few million dollars less from our income tax, which I know they are not going to miss at all because they are just not going to miss it. It is just so little, but it will make a huge difference for everyone in our territory.

Mr. Speaker, Mr. Braden mentioned earlier that we are reluctant to give a figure on how much the increase the reduction should be. I think the Member's statement earlier stated quite clearly that almost everything here, whether it is fuel, water and sewer, oil and gas, housing, everything is at least 30 percent higher. I think 30 to 50 percent of it. I think water and sewer was about 90 percent higher. I don't think it is far beyond being reasonable to suggest that it should go at least up to $8,500. That is about 30 percent, about a half an increase. Given that, about 50 percent increase from what it is now. Given that there has not been any kind of increase since 1991, that is a good figure for the federal government to work on. With that, Mr. Speaker, I would be happy to support this motion. Thank you.