Thank you, Madam Chair. I certainly will be supporting the motion that is before us here today. I agree with Minister Abernethy on this and others that have spoken about taking the politics out of this. I think we really need to do that and find a way and process that will

enable that to happen. This motion certainly does that.

We had a very close vote today on the findings of the Electoral Boundaries Commission. I think if I could, I’d like to make an amendment to the motion. It’s just something that I think has to happen. I think eight years is too long for the House to wait for another electoral boundaries report to be done and commissioned by the Legislative Assembly. It’s too long to wait for a riding like Monfwi. It’s too long to wait for a riding like the Sahtu and perhaps even Yellowknife.

Madam Chair, maybe just a minor amendment to the motion that’s before us would be to refer the issue of having an Electoral Boundaries Commission struck in the 18th Legislative Assembly

and maybe we could refer the issue to the Board of Management for further review. That way, hopefully it will give a little bit of comfort to those ridings and people out there wondering what happened today. Four years comes a lot quicker than eight. I think it’s the right thing to do. I don’t think anything can stop us from going to the Electoral Boundaries Commission Act and have the next Assembly, rather than the Assembly after it, deal with the issue. I think that’s something I would like to put on the floor, Madam Chair. Thank you.