Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I stand again today to speak on the subject that I have become quite passionate about. That subject, Mr. Speaker, is our lack of resource royalty sharing deal. Mr. Speaker, it is said that surplus wealth is a sacred trust which its possessor is bound to administer in his lifetime for the good of the community. We are in possession of a sacred trust, and we have to administer it in our lifetime for the good of our community, which is the Northwest Territories and its future.

Mr. Speaker, last year, the Government of Canada spent $3.8 billion in foreign aid. This year, it is proposed at $4.1 billion. Where does the Northwest Territories line up to get some of this money, Mr. Speaker? We continue to have money taken out of the Northwest Territories every year. As a matter of fact, by the end of today, we will have $750,000 again leaving the Northwest Territories. We get $764 million in transfer payments. Out of that, $250 million is our own money. They are just giving us our own money back, Mr. Speaker. I think it has to be time for the leadership of the Northwest Territories to put our differences aside and realize that we are losing money every day. There is money going in foreign aid that should come to the Northwest Territories. It is not a fair deal, Mr. Speaker. I think it is time that this government, the leaders of the Northwest Territories, took out their ulus and cut the strings that are attached and being pulled by Ottawa. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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