Thank you, Madam Chair, and thank you, colleagues. I’ll wrap up here. I wasn’t watching the clock.
We need to increase fairer representation across our territory while being as sensitive as possible to the recognition of cultural and language groups and determining constituency boundaries. We need to empower the next commission to grapple with and confront the likely need to cross some cultural or language group boundaries in order to achieve more fair representation.
As an MLA whose riding has the highest population by far, and with the greatest diversity of cultures, lifestyles and community types, I can tell you that representing a diverse population is a good thing. Representing Weledeh has helped me see the NWT from many diverse viewpoints and that has convinced me even more of the importance of fair representation for all as the fundamental basis for good decision-making that benefits all.