Thank you, Mr. Speaker. One thing that I've really been thinking about lots is devolution, obviously. What's fairly significant is the statement from the Premier that this is a done deal and that there are five out of the seven Aboriginal groups that have signed on. One of the regions that hasn't signed on is the Deh Cho. I understand there are talks to try to perhaps identify some common ground in terms of building consensus and partnerships and the level of collaboration.
What really concerns me is, in terms of trying to build partnerships, we need to trust each other. I think I've built my political ground in terms of building that trust and having integrity and respecting people's differences. At the same time, we have to be very up front with each other, and trust is very critical in terms of negotiations at this point. If there's ever a time that that comes to task, this is the moment where we are at a juncture of either jumping all in one canoe or else leaving some people behind and then shooting the rapids. Hopefully that doesn't happen, but at the same time, there are discussions going on that I feel, perhaps, could create an opportunity for at least some matters to be resolved and make it possible for the regions that remain outstanding on the outer perimeter to, perhaps, consider the confederation that has resulted, in terms of going forward into the future.
For those reasons, I will not be supporting this motion.