Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I too would like to thank the Member for the Deh Cho for the hard work that he put into this motion and for bringing it forward here today.

I want to reflect on something that the Member for Monfwi said. And the Member for Monfwi reflected on services not being available in communities and the result of that hollowing out small communities.

Hollowing out small communities is not true reconciliation. True reconciliation is ensuring that Indigenous communities have the services that they need and the resources that they need to continue to practice their culture and to continue to be in the North and to continue to be in their home communities. A lot of the work that this Assembly is doing is trying to create that space for communities to continue and communities to thrive. And so healthcare is a huge part of our communities and access to healthcare is so incredibly important to our communities.

One of the things that in social development we hear most often is about services and resources being culturally safe, and that goes beyond the way that policies are written. It is in how people and what they are saying is received and how they are listened to. And how that support is provided and heard.

And what I'm hearing here today is my colleague saying that it's not okay and that their communities are not being adequately serviced and resourced, especially when it comes to healthcare.

As our population ages, Mr. Speaker, we're going to see more and more chronic illness in our communities. And so this is an opportunity to listen and receive what MLAs from small communities are saying to us and to make changes to get it right.

This motion is an opportunity to listen, receive, and reflect, and be leaders in remote Indigenous healthcare in the Northwest Territories. And we owe it to the people of the Northwest Territories to do better if that's what they're asking for. Thank you.