Mr. Speaker, if I may add a few quick comments to this debate. Seventeen Assemblies have come here through the history of the Northwest Territories, a long journey to self-government going back nearly 70 years. It's 46 years since the planes came north from Ottawa with the Commissioner to get us even closer to that idea of a responsible government.
My colleague Mrs. Groenewegen and I have been part of five of those Assemblies. Every one of those Assemblies that I've been in, we've been pushing for devolution. We're on the verge of the removal of the last of the political shackles from Ottawa that bind us and hold us back and it's time to keep moving. We should not be standing in front of the Commissioner hat in hand, shuffling our feet and tugging our forelock like a humble mendicant asking for a plebiscite. We should be discussing this issue in this Legislative Assembly, where we are elected Members, and deciding on whether we approve, up or down, the devolution motion.
We will do that. We will vote on this motion in the May session. I think we're making the right decision here today. I hope it's clear to the folks that are listening that we have their interests at heart. I haven't received one call. I haven't received one e-mail. I ran on devolution in the last election. I have run on it in every election. I think it's time has come and we know what we have to do. Thank you.