Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is my pleasure to rise today to welcome the following pages from Fort Providence. Mr. Speaker, they are standing by the door, there. At the far left is Lorie MacKenzie, second to the right is Melissa Nadli, Trinett Constant is on the far right and Delmore Bonnetrouge is second to the left.
Mr. Speaker, I had the pleasure of driving these young people in from Fort Providence yesterday. I was very impressed, as their parents are, with their children being selected to serve as pages in this House. Mr. Speaker, these young adults were chosen by the principal of Deh Gah Elementary School on the basis of their high marks and attitudes. Mr. Speaker, I'm proud of these kids and I know they will provide positive role models for other kids upon their return to Fort Providence. I ask honourable Members to join me in welcoming these young people to our place of Assembly.
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Further, Mr. Speaker, as most Members are aware, it is not difficult for me to arrange transportation and accommodation for these fine young people. There is little cost when I request pages from a constituency. However, unfortunately, the same situation cannot apply to pages from other constituencies that have to cover high costs of transportation. As Members, we all have the same desire for our younger generation to be exposed to the political arena. I say to the honourable Members in this House and you, Mr. Speaker, that perhaps a review of pages serving from our communities is one area we should seriously look at, for consistency, as a consensus government. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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