Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I was reading, Mr. Speaker, a newspaper entitled "Native Journal" and I know that many Members of this House have spoken quite articulately about the whole issue of youth and the support that we, as the Members of the Assembly, should try to provide to our youth.

Last year, as most Members know, there was the establishment of a national aboriginal achievement awards; our Premier was a recipient of one of those awards. But this year in 1995, the national aboriginal achievement awards will include a new category and that is the youth award. The intention is to choose one individual who would be entitled to receive a $5,000 scholarship that will be bestowed upon an aboriginal youth of Inuit, Metis or First Nations ancestry between the ages of 15 and 21.

I think that it is important for all of us, to at least make some effort -- particularly those who have made comments in this Assembly and for those who are in the communities that wish to support their young people -- that we make every effort to provide a submission to this particular award because I think that it is incumbent upon all of us to at least try to provide additional financial support wherever it is possible. Nominations for the awards include such categories as arts and culture, academics, education, business, community development and public service, environmental and land management, indigenous harvesting, health and medicine, heritage and spirituality, law, media, communication, science and technology and last, but just as important, sports.

Mr. Speaker, we recognized, a few minutes ago, the distinguished contribution of a young team of which one of those individuals could possibly be a recipient of this particular award if we took the time to make a presentation to the group that is going to make the final decisions. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.