Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this press news release of October 16th from the Government of the Northwest Territories, it states: Climate change is a serious threat to our territory's economic, environmental, social, and culture held with the NWT. Experiencing rapid warming at up to four times the global rate and an increase in extreme weather event.

And I do sympathize, Mr. Speaker, with my colleague and the people from the Sahtu region where with the high cost of living. A lot of people that I know, they're working really hard. They're working to pay bills. And a lot of them do need fuel for heating and to provide food for the family to offset the costs. And living in the small communities, in the small remote communities, it's difficult for a lot of people. Even in my region, I have two communities, two fly-in communities. You know, with Wekweeti -- with the community of Wekweeti, the ice road was opened for one week and not enough time to bring in a lot of supplies. So for long-term solutions, what I would like to see is that -- yes, I will -- I do support this motion. But what I would like to see is that for long-term solutions, we need to start doing -- think about what to do with connecting the whole of the NWT where possible because even if we built more roads to small communities, we won't be in this crisis situations. We need to do more for small remote communities. And, yes, I do agree with a lot of the comments that were made where just because it doesn't affect me, doesn't mean that, you know, we cannot help and support. I do help and -- I do support and sympathize with the people of the Sahtu region because a lot of them are our friends and a lot of them are our families, and they're families with kids. You know, we have to think about that. And I do agree that I don't think I would like to see Norman Wells where at one time it was a thriving community just like my colleagues have said. We don't want to see it become a ghost town. And if it happens to that, how many other communities are going to follow? Especially the fly-in communities that rely on winter -- on the ice road, on the winter road. So therefore I really do support all-season road, and I will -- as long as I'm here, I'm going to keep advocating for all-season road to all the remote -- to the small remote communities. Thank you.