Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you, colleagues. Mr. Speaker, again, these are troubling times in a lot of our communities and like I say, 14 jobs in the community might not sound like much, but when its 10 percent of your workforce, that’s a major impact to the communities. Again, in this case, the 14 individuals that are going to lose their jobs do have mortgages, do have children, but more importantly, their 14 jobs and the income they bring in supports something like 100 individuals in the community of Aklavik and it’s going to have a major detrimental effect to the residents and the families in Aklavik, and more importantly, the employees that will be losing their jobs. It’s one thing to say you’re going to add two more home care support workers, but again, that doesn’t replace the 14 individuals who are well qualified, who are trained and have put a lot of pride and effort into their jobs. More importantly, they’ve taken care of the elders that were under their care and responsibility.

Again, Mr. Speaker, you’re talking about taking some $700,000 in wages out of a community. The detrimental effect of that is going to be long-term and impacting not only to the individuals but the community as a whole and the territorial government in regard to its responsibilities and obligations under those mortgages and houses that individuals have acquired through the Housing Corporation.

Mr. Speaker, I think it’s important to realize that this was a publicly sponsored event which took place through the media, to the e-petitions that were filed and also there was a petition with over 200 names, which was given to the Minister of Health and Social Services in Aklavik when we had over 100 people in attendance in a public meeting, which was three and a half hours long. Again, there was a lot of emotional debate and discussions and it was very clear from those individuals making their presentations known and their voices heard, that they do have a very close connection and

relationship with the Joe Greenland Centre and the effect it’s going to have on them and their families, and more importantly, the community of Aklavik. We need to find ways to work it through.

So, Mr. Speaker, I would like to request a recorded vote. Thank you.