Mr. Chair, the comments I have are just saying to the staff and Mr. Speaker, I think by your presentation, Mr. Speaker, I think we may be one of the leading Assemblies in terms of what we are doing here with the initiatives under your leadership and how we operate within our Assembly. I think that says a lot for the staff who are making unique changes to our system.
I am very happy to know that you will be hosting the Regional Commonwealth Parliamentary Seminar in October and have Members here to have a good look at our consensus style of government. I think that’s something we can boast about the uniqueness of being in the Northwest Territories.
Mr. Chair, the other comment I want to offer to the Speaker is regarding the amount of paper we use and our addiction to paper. It is a very well put scenario. The paper that we use, if you were to stretch it from Fort Providence to Yellowknife, that’s a lot of paper. I hope by this we make something very simple and look at other alternatives in terms of how we do things. The paper that we use, maybe one day we can use that to build the Mackenzie Valley Highway. I just didn’t realize the amount of paper that our Assembly uses. It’s an eye-opener when you put things into perspective. Kudos to you and your staff and the Members to look at different alternatives to not use paper.
With the introduction of the wood boiler system that we are going to use, that’s something that will be a leading example to other parliamentary associations that could use this type of system. Hopefully we are in a groundbreaking area to support our environment.
These are the comments that I have, Mr. Chair, in terms of the presentation. I am glad that we are looking at Dropping the Pop and looking at the bottled water system in terms of us going ahead. I want to say that these types of initiatives are leading other Assemblies into how we take care of ourselves and our environment. I wish to thank the Speaker and the staff well in implementing these initiatives. Thank you.