Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I understand that our broadcasts reach through the satellite system quite far and wide and, from time to time, reach the northern US and sometimes the southern US. We do get feedback on that. In that regard, I would like to tell those people out there about the fantastic Canadian Championship Dog Derby that we had here in Yellowknife over the past three days. This is run by the Yellowknife Rotary Club and they have run this for 25 years consecutively. The championship has been held in Yellowknife consecutively for 25 years.
It is a race that is 150 miles over three days. The rotary club does all the work for this. They are out on the ice on Great Slave Lake and throughout the community taking care of the paths and making sure that there are officials in case of accidents and so forth. It is a competition that attracts mushers from around the world, including France and the US, especially the northern US. As a matter of fact, the winner of this year's race was Tim White of Grand Marais, Minnesota.
It has been an extremely successful operation that the Yellowknife Rotary Club has conducted. I would like to make reference to our official here, the Sergeant-at-Arms, Tony Whitford, who is one of the people who hosted it last night. It has been a function that has a great safety record, but also draws a tremendous amount of tourists and business to this community. I would like to congratulate the 55 members of the Yellowknife Rotary Club for the tremendous dedication that they have shown to this race over the years. Thank you very much.
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