Thank you, Mr. Chair. To be honest, I appreciate what some are sharing as it relates to their concerns, but frankly, this report just came to us here today. We are moving motions on it today. I think that any Member has a right to move an amendment to a motion. That is part of our procedural process. By no means do I see the presenter of the motion trying to, in my view, undercut or undermine the committee's efforts.

I appreciate that, in fact, the mover is trying to make the motion better and allow for the cap to be a one-stage cap rather than a two-stage cap, but I have heard what was in the report. I have heard from the Member from Yellowknife Centre. I tend to agree that, if you look outside the City of Yellowknife and look into the other districts, if you go and look at Elections NWT's financial reports and see the budgets of others who have paid for elections in other jurisdictions, they tend to have a much lower budget than those who are in Yellowknife.

Those who are in Yellowknife probably are averaging somewhere between $10,000 and $20,000. There is a good chance that you have good resources to help you fund that to begin with, and $3,000 would still be a very welcomed rebate. Outside of Yellowknife, there is a good chance that $3,000 would, in fact, end up being about 50 percent. In some instances, it might end up being 100 percent of your campaign expenses.

I think that the motion was originally presented is well-meaning enough and would be welcomed. For that reason, I won't be supporting the amendment to the motion. Thank you, Mr. Chair.