Mr. Speaker, I give notice that on Monday, December 16, 1991, I will move the following motion: I move, seconded by the honourable Member for Inuvik, that the Rules of the Legislative Assembly be amended to change the daily adjournment hour from 6:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m; and further that the amendment become effective with the first sitting day of the second session of the 12th Legislature.

Mr. Speaker, at the appropriate time I will be seeking unanimous consent to proceed with my motion today. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to table Tabled Document 14-12(1), a newspaper clipping from the Globe and Mail with regard to the BC Government recognizing aboriginal land title.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to table Petition 2-12(1), a petition to the Government of the Northwest Territories to fund the construction of an airport in Rae-Edzo. The petition comprises 173 signatures.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I will address my question to the same Minister but on a different issue. During the fiscal year 1990-91 the Department of Social Services distributed approximately $21.6 million in social assistance expenditures to residents of the NWT. This is pretty straight forward stuff. However, what is not straight forward is that a small percentage of this money went to individuals living in southern Canada. According to his department there were 156 persons spread out across Canada, from British Columbia to New Brunswick, who collected social assistance payments from this government during the last fiscal year. Is the Department of Social Services still supporting people in southern Canada with social assistance money?

Mr. Speaker, my question is for the Government Leader. Earlier today I made reference to the fact that three Canadian provinces are now on record as supporting aboriginal people's inherent right to self-government. Will the Government Leader in this House publicly state her support for the inherent right of aboriginal people to self-government?

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. On the front page of yesterday's Globe and Mail it was reported that the recently elected government in British Columbia has, and I quote, "recognized the political legitimacy of aboriginal title and the inherent right of aboriginal people to self-government."

Mr. Speaker, BC is now the third province in Canada, besides Ontario and New Brunswick, to publicly support aboriginal people's inherent right to self-government. I think this is remarkable, because all three of these provincial legislatures are run by non-native people.

It is remarkable because this Legislature is run by aboriginal people, yet we have not publicly stated our support for that inherent right of aboriginal self-government. It is remarkable because our Executive Council, headed by an aboriginal person, and with aboriginal Ministers, is incapable of getting any closer to that inherent right of aboriginal self-government than coming up with a plan to delegate a limited form of municipal self-government, called community transfer agreements, to our aboriginal communities.

Mr. Speaker, this Legislature should be taking the lead in this country in recognizing aboriginal people's inherent right to self-government, instead of making public statements that somehow aboriginal people who express this right are somehow taking a stand. I would, rather, suggest that those government leaders in this House who will not publicly support aboriginal people's inherent right to self-government are the ones who are taking the stand by not recognizing in a substantive manner the rights we have as aboriginal people. Mahsi cho.

Mr. Speaker, I think all the points that I wanted to make were well covered by my colleague for Deh Cho. I would encourage all Members to support the motion.

Mr. Speaker, the motion clearly states to move the community centre in Kakisa up to the 1992-93 fiscal year. I do not know why the Minister is making comments in terms of the process that does not pertain to the motion itself.

Point of order.