Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I would like to address something that has a lot of people upset. Yellowknife North constituents, the City of Yellowknife, the Rotary Club, as well as visitors and tourists to Yellowknife, they are all upset. Why? For good reason, Mr. Speaker.

For four years now, a derelict platform has been docked, or perhaps a better term is abandoned, on the shore of Yellowknife Bay. It sits on Commissioner's land, in what the city has designated as a nature preserve at the end of a beautiful nature trail and boardwalk established by the Rotary Club, at great expense, I might add.

It used to have a residential structure on it, but the structure was taken off and now the rest has been left there to rot. Now, it is falling apart; it is surrounded by old abandoned pieces of lumber, tires and pallets. Even an old dock from somewhere else has floated in and lodged itself between the structure and the rocks. Styrofoam insulation, once attached, is disintegrating and causing a huge mess on the rocks and in the water. It is turning into garbage, and it is polluting Yellowknife Bay.

Now, I know this platform is also the cause of an ongoing lawsuit. As far as I am aware, the owner believes he has rights that allow him to put a structure on this land or water, and he is in court with the government to prove his case. Mr. Speaker my issue is not with the owner and the never-ending court case. I support the owner's right to use the courts to determine his rights as an Indigenous person of the NWT, and I recognize that such court cases can take some time to resolve, but why does the platform have to be left alone to rot in Yellowknife Bay in the meantime? It is no longer a houseboat. It is barely even a platform anymore. It is falling apart more and more each day. It is starting to cause environmental damage.

Mr. Speaker, winter is coming. That means freeze-up is coming, as well. This mess should not be left to disintegrate for another year. Moving garbage should not affect a court case, but leaving garbage is irresponsible and should not be condoned.

Mr. Speaker, enough already. This government has to clean up this mess or force the owner to clean it up. At the appropriate time, I will have questions for the Minister of Lands. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.