(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today because I want to show that I am proud of our interpreters and translators since I became a Member in 1975, and that was when the interpreters started in the Legislative Assembly, and up to now, they are still interpreting and translating, and I am very proud of them.

At the time, back in 1975, they were recognized, because of the fact that even if you were a unilingual aboriginal person, you were still able to become an M.L.A. That is when the government started strongly to support the need for interpreters and translators, and the first interpreters/translators, I know that some of them have passed away, and some of them have moved on to different jobs, but up to now, I am still very proud of them, and I am proud of the present day interpreters/translators. I know it is very tiring and stressful. Even if they work for long hours, they still manage to show us that it is not that stressful.

Since today is translator's day, I am very proud to say that they have been here, and I am very grateful. Since I became a Member in 1975 up until now, in order for the Members to communicate with each other, they managed to help us. It is not just in the Assembly. It is in the health centres, the hospital, in our communities that the interpreters/translators are very useful, so the northerners can understand and communicate with each other.