Thank you, Mr. Speaker. At the start of the 20th Assembly, the Premier issued a mandate letter outlining his expectation for each Minister aligning their priorities in the common agenda for this government. Those letters were received after this Assembly voted for current executive council following the leadership commitment process where we shared our vision and considered candidates for ministerial positions. After two years, it is fair now to start asking the Premier what accountability exists when a Minister fails to uphold the trust of Regular Members and fails to deliver the mandate entrusted to them by this Premier.
The first responsibility is outlined in the Premier's mandate letter is clear: Ministers, in the spirit of consensus government, are expected to maintain constructive, open, respectful, and collaborative relationship with Regular Members. Over the past two years, my colleagues and I have sought to work collaboratively with the Minister of Health and Social Services to improve key services and advance reconciliation yet actions speaks for themselves and recent exchange with the Minister makes it clear that her agenda is narrow, limited, and disregards both collaboration with Regular Members and the mandate entrusted to her by the Premier.
When I am advancing -- advocating for this chamber leaders to call to action on our mandate letter, we both seek advanced reconciliation, implement UNDRIP, and strengthen partnerships with Indigenous governments. There is consensus on this mandate, and the principle of consensus government set an expectation that working together is possible. We have long awaited a modern collaborative approach for the government that, one, replaces the legal and colonial style approach with commitment to fulfilling treaty obligation and partnering genuinely with Indigenous governments. This government must take action now, or our term will not simply end with progress. I fear even decades could pass with treaties unresolved, reconciliation stalled, moments remembered as a missed opportunity.
Like all my colleagues on this side of the House, I want to help the Premier and this Cabinet take that action and fulfill their mandate. I would have questions for the Premier at the appropriate time. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
Thank you, Member from Tu Nedhe-Wiilideh. Members' statements. Member from Yellowknife Centre.
