Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I, too, would like to congratulate my colleagues for leading the charge on this, Mr. Bromley and Mr. Yakeleya. Simply, I rise in favour and support of this motion and I will be voting in favour of this motion. In being here as a Regular MLA, you have to try to represent the views of people that you represent,

and being a representative, you need to ensure that you work with your people; and this principle, that’s very, very paramount for me, is the principle of protecting the land.

The land is my culture and my life, and it’s relative to the land. So in that respect, we need to ensure that the integrity of the environment is maintained, but I realize that as we enter this time in the North here, we need to ensure that there’s a balance between conservation and development and there has been some efforts in some regions that have tried to advance their land use plans and their land claims, and in that respect I support them to try to advance progress so that certainty can be achieved.

For the most part I will be voting in favour and some comments that were made today in the House I would like to support. I will be voting in favour. Mahsi.