Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect. My whole life has been about communication and trust. For 23 years, I worked with the municipal governments, starting out with nine in the region, up to 19. I built the trust working with them. You need to, first and foremost, listen to the people. You need to have open ears and understand what they are trying to say. I think that we need to listen to Indigenous governments, municipal governments, and the residents of the Northwest Territories, not just certain people. We need to listen to everybody.
I look at my record in employment and my MLA record. My communities have trusted me. They have given me concerns, and I have brought them forth to Ministers. I do believe that we need to be doing the same thing. We need to be working with the Indigenous governments, we need to be working with the municipal governments, and we need to be working with the residents. We need to have an open ear, and we need to also have our staff do the same thing. Our front line staff should be in the communities. They should be working with them. If we don't, this is where the trust barrier comes in.
I just look at my record. I look at my relationships with Indigenous governments and municipal governments throughout the last 34-plus years, and I honestly think that I have built the trust moving forward. I think it's just part of working together. Thank you, Mr. Speaker-elect.