Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too are in support of my colleague from the Sahtu region as he speaks. As we are here, the Sahtu is dealing with the crisis, like my colleague just stated that the town of Norman Wells is out of fuel, so the residents need this government to step up and deal with this crisis.

This summer when Fort Good Hope was experiencing wildfire, Fort McPherson residents stepped up and they provided food and other essentials, and they boated it down to Fort Good Hope to assist them. That's the kind of help that we provide for each other no matter what region we are from. So we have to put all those aside. Just imagine the full-time employees are having a hard time dealing with having to pay for fuel. They can't make ends meet. These circumstances are different too because we have people in that region who are on the fixed income, the elders and the disabled who can't even meet this arrangement. So we have to make every effort to have our government meet these needs of the Sahtu.

It's evident that the Sahtu region will be losing resource people because they can't afford to stay within the Norman Wells or other communities in the Sahtu region. These are essential people that the residents of the Sahtu need on a daily basis. So, you know, with the low water levels over the past two years, there should have been a contingency plan put in place so we can deal with -- have something ready, readily available for any region that may have to deal with some emergency measures such as Sahtu's dealing with now. We knew about the low water levels a couple years ago and something should have been in place at this time. Every day we wait, we put the lives of the residents of the Sahtu in jeopardy. So we need all levels of government to step up, and starting with the Government of the Northwest Territories, to start making plans to help the residents of the Sahtu. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.