Thank you, Madam Speaker. I also have a thank you statement, but it's not to the Ministers.
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Madam Speaker, on September 23rd, I had the pleasure of travelling to Taloyoak to take part in the meeting of the Advisory Committee on Social Housing. As Members know, this is Mr. Ningark's constituency. Mr. Ningark made a special effort of telling everyone in the community to be friendly if they saw us. This special effect was very much appreciated, as it made us feel very welcome.
Mr. Ningark was also smart enough not to invite us for supper at any of the hotels. After seeing the cost of a sandwich, I will no longer complain about the restaurant prices in Fort Providence.
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I also had the pleasure of presenting Mr. Ningark with a set of moosehair tuftings, in honour of him having served as a Minister of Renewable Resources in days gone by. The committee spent three days in Taloyoak discussing the concerns and recommendations made by the community delegates during the Housing Corporation's district consultation meeting.
On arrival, Madam Speaker, the committee Members were unsure of the direction the meeting was going to take. But thanks to the MLAs and the hard-working staff of the Housing Corporation, who worked in the evenings and over the weekend and who also provided excellent briefing material and responses to our questions, the meetings were very productive.
As co-chairman of the committee, I will be making a statement on the result of the meeting later in the session. However, I wanted to make a special point of again thanking Mr. Ningark for inviting us to his community. Also a very special thank you to the residents of Taloyoak for making us feel welcome. I'm sure that the positive energy of the community of Taloyoak contributed, in a great way, to the success of our deliberations. Mahsi cho.
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