This being springtime, they wanted me to put a little spring in my step.
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Mr. Speaker and Members of the Legislative Assembly, good afternoon.
It’s time for us to honour our northern students who are graduating from high schools, Aurora College and other post-secondary institutions. We encourage their continuing personal development and lifelong learning. I am honoured to be invited to participate in several graduation ceremonies across the NWT, and I am always pleased to visit our communities to attend such happy community celebrations.
I am also looking forward to welcoming their Royal Highnesses William and Catherine, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, to the Northwest Territories this summer. We have a beautiful territory and I hope this will be just the first of many visits they will want to make here.
As this sitting draws to a close, I wish the Members of this House good health and happiness as you enjoy the coming summer and continue work in your constituencies.
As Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, I am pleased to assent to the following bills:
• Bill 3, Electronic Transactions Act
• Bill 4, Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2011
• Bill 5, Write-off of Debts Act, 2010-2011
• Bill 6, Forgiveness of Debts Act, 2010-2011
• Bill 8, An Act to Amend the Local Authorities Elections Act
• Bill 11, An Act to Amend the Public Service Act
• Bill 12, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 6, 2010-2011
• Bill 13, Supplementary Appropriation Act
(Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 1, 2011-2012
• Bill 14, Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2011-2012.
Thank you, merci beaucoup, mahsi quo, quanami.