Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I am going to try to get straight to the point. We have heard everybody speak. The significance of revoking a Minister's portfolio and asking to have them removed from Cabinet is not something that is taken lightly.

I recognize the public wants to know why and what is happening. I can't and will not speak about what is happening in meetings in confidence and conversations. That is between Cabinet and our colleague and Caucuses and my meetings with the Minister on related issues.

The Premier has taken this very seriously and has worked with the Minister to repeatedly offer her support, counsel, and more. She has worked really hard for us in Cabinet and for the residents of the Northwest Territories. She has allowed us the opportunity to speak and vote as we see fit. I have to thank the Premier for that.

From what I have seen, the Minister has not taken responsibilities for her failing or taken advantage of the support offered to her. We were given opportunities from the Premier and from colleagues to work to improve our way of doing business, and unfortunately, it has not improved.

As a result, the Premier has made the incredibly hard decision to revoke the Minister's portfolios. I do know that this decision was not made lightly. This decision was made after exhausting all options to get this situation back on track. I had numerous conversations with the Premier and Cabinet on how we can improve our way of doing business for the residents of the Northwest Territories. I have heard a number of our colleagues here on why we are here. It is for the people of the Northwest Territories, regardless of if we are on Cabinet side or AOC side. I have had the pleasure to be on AOC side, and I have had the pleasure on being on Cabinet side. Cabinet, we have the opportunity to have very heated discussions, very passionate comments, and we all don't agree. We have voting processes, but, at the end of the day, we come out in unity. We have that opportunity, and I have to thank the Premier for that. She allows us to speak for our residents, and speak for our ridings, so I have to again thank the Minister. There are lots of things that are happening out there that people are not informed, and unfortunately, they are not going to hear everything, but I do have to say, I thank the Minister for her work. I have had some good working relationships with her. However, I have had worse ones, and I have to be honest about that. Anybody knows in the 18^th Assembly, I stood up in the House to be the only one that supported or didn't support something or was in the minority lots of times, but it is what your job is. You need to represent and you need to have the integrity to represent your own beliefs. At the end of the day, you need to do that.

At the end, I applaud the Premier for doing this. She is going to take a beating on it. I am going to stand for her, and I have stood for her, and I have stood for my colleagues here. We are going to take a lot of guff for this, and we are, but it is life, and it is a life of a politician, and sometimes, you have to make that hard decision. Therefore, I will be standing up with the Premier when it comes to this motion. Thank you.