Thank you, Madam Speaker. I stand before you today to say I support this supplementary. I support this supplementary because the mayor of the town of Fort Smith, the chief of the Salt River First Nation, and the president of the Fort Smith Metis Nation are all in support of this supplementary. They are in support of the secretariat. I was in contact with them as early as yesterday. Safety of individuals and a community and the Northwest Territories is extremely important. I think you have to look down South, and you see how things changed in the second wave. A lot of the Aboriginal communities were affected in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, BC, and across Canada. If one case got into the communities in the Northwest Territories and starts spreading, we are in major problems here. I think that the safety of all communities, regional centres, and the capital are important.

As a former Aboriginal leader for twelve years, and I've been in that Aboriginal arena for twelve years, and the one thing I learned from the leaders of the Aboriginal people is that they care about everybody, not only themselves. It is very humbling to be a leader of an Aboriginal group. I try to bring that here, and I'm very strong on the issues. I feel that I'm very strong to my convictions, and this is one of my convictions. I had decided this a long time ago, but I had to make sure that everybody was in favour of it from my constituency of Thebacha. For every person that I asked, whether they be younger or from the school or from a senior or to the church groups, they are all in favour of keeping our community safe. Therefore, I stand before you and I stand before everybody in this House with my conviction that I will be supporting this bill. Thank you.