Item 2, Ministers' statements. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome, once again, to the Legislative Assembly, the Speaker of the Alberta Legislative Assembly, Dr. the Honourable David Carter and Mrs. Carter, also accompanying the Speaker are four members of the Alberta legislative interns' program.
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I would like to welcome in the gallery the Member of Parliament for the Western Arctic, Ethel Blondin.
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