Thank you, Madam Chair. I also can't support this motion. I do also want to recognize I understand the intent of the Member. If I wasn't into the last government, I would have stood by this Member from Hay River and agreed with him. However, I was in the last government, Madam Chair, and in the last government, people were struggling financially as well. We have heard all day today about how expensive it is in the Northwest Territories, and that hasn't changed in the last couple of years. It's been expensive here for a long time. It's getting more expensive, but it was expensive here. I know, I lived here a long time. Madam Chair, the last government we were trying to recognize the impact of -- and our government doesn't have money. We're a small government. We also recognize that. We tried to address the cost of living and things by voting against any increase and that did not go -- the public did not appreciate that. It was misconstrued as bad intentions for negotiations.
And now, Madam Chair, we're in the same exact position at the end of this government where we recognize that inflation is high. So I can't support the major increase. But we also recognize we're in negotiations, and I can't go back to making the mistake we made in the last government by saying zero. So, Madam Chair, I have to find a balance within that. So I don't be supporting this motion. Thank you, Madam Chair.