Mr. Speaker, I am very puzzled by the way the hon. member talked about talking to grassroots people and trying to do what the grassroots people want us to do. We had a plebiscite and the people voted for division of the Northwest Territories.
I do not know how the member could get away from saying that this is what the grassroots people want. The Reform Party says that we have to listen to the grassroots people. This is what they want. They have also stated that they want to be able to make their own decisions. They want the people who make those decisions to be knowledgeable of the departments and the programs they are working with.
The member talked about the department of Indian affairs in Yellowknife. Yellowknife is not even in Nunavut. That is exactly what we are trying to get away from in creating Nunavut. We want to be able to make decisions because we know what the people need.
He talked about the Senate. We already have a senator. Another member said that we would grandfather any senators who are already in place. Nunavut already has a senator so I gather Reform is saying that senator will be grandfathered. I do not see why this has to be an issue with the Nunavut government.
When I think of how the rest of Canada was created it got assistance from the government. People from the east were given plots of land in the west so they would move there. The country was created by people being given help by the government to get started.
Who knows where we will be in 20 years? However we need assistance at the beginning as every other Canadian was given assistance at the start of the rest of the country. I am a little puzzled as to where the member is coming from. Perhaps he could answer that.