Thank you, Madam Speaker. Madam Speaker, this may be an appropriate time for me to express the pleasure and honour that our city of Yellowknife had in welcoming the royal couple this summer. You are well aware of all the events that took place in the city, and I only wish that the royal couple were able to go to more communities in the territories. But, failing that, people did come from all over the territories to be here and to participate in the excitement and the fond memories that this royal visit created will last a very, very long time.

I wish to use this opportunity, as well, Madam Speaker, to compliment the organizers of this event, the countless volunteers and the entertainers for a job well done. Some of them, I note, are here in the gallery today.

Personally, my wife and I had the pleasure of meeting Her Majesty on two separate occasions. We found them to be very warm people, very personable people. They talked quite a lot with folks from Yellowknife about family and day-to-day things, as well, Madam Speaker. I'm sure that the comments that her majesty made when she shook hands with me at the airport, "Thank you very much for the wonderful time" is a reflection of her feelings to the people across the north.