Thank you, Madam Speaker and colleagues. I have the pleasure today of introducing to you the delegation from Yakutia in Russia. The four gentlemen and two ladies who are in the gallery are on a business exchange program with the Department of Public Works and Services under the

Honourable Don Morin, to learn Canadian ways of doing business, particularly with regard to project management.

As you well aware, there are a lot of exchanges between Canadians and the Russians in the northern parts to develop ways and means of building and managing buildings. They will be here until December 19th, then they will be going back to Yakutia for Christmas. But, to our pleasure, they will be coming back to Yellowknife again in January to complete their experience. I would like to welcome them to our Legislative Assembly.

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