Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am going to speak about the motion here today. I really do want to start out by commending the Member for Nahendeh for bringing this forward. For all the reasons he cited, I think this is a step in the right direction. Mr. Speaker, I will be supporting the motion today, but I just wanted to be realistic about a couple of things. That is, we can't forget for one second that the Northwest Territories and our government operates basically on a fixed budget and I think this is another example of why it's incumbent upon this government to finally reach a deal with Ottawa and get us some resource revenue, get us a deal so we can look at motions like the one Mr. Menicoche has raised today.

I know Mr. Menicoche was in Alaska recently. Alaska's state revenue, 85 percent of it is based on oil and gas. There is some hope for the future here for the Northwest Territories, that we will get a deal, we will be able to move forward. But this is a good motion. I wish, like everybody else in this House, that we had a deal today and we could look at this. It's a nice thing to have and it's going to do wonders for arts and crafts communities throughout the Territories. There are more pros than there are cons, and I say good on Mr. Menicoche for bringing this forward and I look forward to supporting it. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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