Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of Cabinet, I wish to express our deepest sympathies for the families and friends for the seven people who died Friday when a small plane crashed on a frozen lake between Tuktoyaktuk and Inuvik. I'm sure I speak for all of us when I express my condolences to those who are left and who are wondering how something so terrible could happen to the ones they loved.
There are no easy answers to help us understand why something like this happens, Mr. Speaker, and there are no easy words to help the wounds created by such a loss. I just want to say that the hearts of all northern residents go out to the families and friends of those killed in this horrible tragedy. We offer to them our most profound sympathies, our strongest support in their time of deep, personal suffering, and we will continue to give thought to those who are feeling the sadness of this event. We also offer our prayers to those who require our support. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.