Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning, fellow colleagues. Mr. Speaker, I rise this morning on a matter of extreme urgency. At 5:15 a.m. Mountain Standard Time, I was proceeding towards the Legislative Assembly of the
Northwest Territories. Mr. Speaker, to the immediate left of the entrance to the Assembly, I spied something amiss. On closer inspection, as it was still dark, I could discern multi flashing lights. It was at that moment, a portal opened and I saw for the first time these extra -terrestrials.
Mr. Speaker, the leader came toward me and with the most pedagogical mind control ever witnessed, informed me that in fact these creatures were from the planet John and they called themselves Toddites. Mr. Speaker, they were dressed in pink slips and, through mind control, explained to me that fiscal destruction was happening on the planet John and they came to the planet Earth to escape and procreate. At that moment, I knew what I had to do, Mr. Speaker. Through procreation, many more of these pink-slipped creatures would be allowed to inhabit the earth, and we would be overrun by these Toddites.
Quickly remembering the song "Solidarity Forever," Mr. Speaker, I began singing at the top of my lungs. Mr. Speaker, the Toddites from the planet John beat a hasty retreat, their pink slips fluttering in the wind. Mr. Speaker, when I awoke, I was covered in sweat. It was then I realized that it had been a horrible nightmare; or was it? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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