Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I and Members on this side of the House follow the process of the House. At times, yes, we may stray, and that’s when Members call us into line. We respect the roles of Regular Members, of Cabinet of how we do our work. Some Members have been in this Assembly for a multiple number of terms. Mrs. Groenewegen is one of them. She is very adept at presenting a case and leading a line of questioning, as I’ve come to know her work in this Assembly.
But most important to the process, as we do our work as Members of the Legislative Assembly, a number of times we fill different roles within this government. Timing of those roles can also overlap when different terms of the Assembly end.
In this case, Mr. Speaker, when you look at that line of questioning on an Inuvik project, which is two schools and which has worked its way in the system, the line of questioning she led up to was, I would say as I read this, directly pointing to me as MLA for Inuvik Boot Lake at the time and in my present roles. It was questioning the facts of what the motive was and how a project of that value, as she was pursuing yesterday, could make it and continue to make it through the system. That’s what I’ve had to draw from her line of questioning.
I believe that as Members of this Assembly we have to respect the rights, roles and process that this Assembly has put in place. I would say that the Member has crossed that line in the line of questioning she put out on record without any substantiation. In fact, by her line of questioning she has indeed imputed a false motive to the process and my role as the Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, thereby putting into question my role as Premier and the Finance Minister of the day.