Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’m privileged to second this motion here today. I know my views have changed over the last year and a half here, but there’s a lot of concern out there, especially in my riding. All the water in this territory comes to the Mackenzie Delta. It comes right down the Mackenzie River from the Sahtu. My constituents are very concerned about what kinds of pollutants will come down in the future. They’re not thinking about today.

We may make a few million in this territory over the next couple of years, but what is that going to cost in the future, to have our waterways polluted? Our wildlife depends on our water and our environment. That is what my constituents are thinking about at this time.

Our future generations, what are they going to have? Are they going to have clean water like we have here today? You could go to almost any creek and in the mountains and drink that water, but what about the future? That’s what my constituents are thinking about right now.

They’re looking down the road 15, 20 years. What is this territory going to look like at that time? I know there are a lot of people out there right now who want us to okay fracking so that we can make a couple hundred million dollars. My constituents have said that our water and our environment is priceless and they want to ensure that if this moves forward, that we see what happens to the Sahtu in the next 10 to 15 years.

This moratorium just asks for a hold for the next couple of years so that we can ensure that we give out more education on fracking. Even to this territory, it’s very new to us. We’ve only been speaking about this for the last two to three years here. For that reason, I am seconding this motion.