Mr. Speaker, I would like to make a statement regarding my absence in the House yesterday. I had to go home because of a great-uncle's death yesterday. I had to attend a funeral of the uncle of Chief Joe Rabesca. As one of the elders in the community had put it, regarding how my great-uncle lived during his life, he happened to live to 91 years old. According to what one of the elders said about his life, he was a great teacher of how to live off the land and hunt, fish and trap. Most of my family were happy with the amount of people who attended the funeral, especially from the outlying communities and most of the people from Ndilo, Yellowknife and Dettah came out to show their respect at his funeral, including people from Meander River.
I would like to thank the people who took part and tried to comfort us as the family. I would just like to thank the people who came down for his last days and for his funeral.
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