Thank you, Mr. Speaker. The response I gave in question period yesterday that the Member has chosen to raise as a point of order…. In fact, when you look at the way we do our business as the Government of the Northwest Territories, in this forum there are many times there is reference to the direction the government or myself as Premier or one of the Ministers takes. In trying to defend our positions, we have to at times reference and let the people of the Territories know more of what’s happening.

I think it’s fair debate to respond to issues raised in this House that Members make a point of or raise. Maybe I wasn’t crafty enough to not reference a letter from the Chair of P and P. I didn’t go into detail about what that was. The simple fact is there are times in this House when we make reference to ongoing discussions or try to respond to Members on issues that do come up that need, I guess, weight on both sides of the issue being raised.

In this case, Mr. Speaker, I was referencing some correspondence I had received and on that basis responded. As people see this debate, and they only do see a small part of the debate of this House, they need to see both sides of the equation. I used that as information. If I’ve offended the Member in that area, I would apologize.

The simple fact is that Members have as well at times made reference to correspondence we’ve given to them, and we haven’t stood up and said you can’t speak to that issue. The fact is that our correspondence between us, at times, is the centre of that discussion. It would be pretty hard to have any form of debate or discussion or even responses to Members if we weren’t from time to time able to respond to correspondence we did receive from Members.

I would say, Mr. Speaker, that in trying to respond to the Member, all I did was put more information out there that all Members are aware of in this House.