(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today is Friday and I will try English and say "thank you, Mr. Speaker." Mr. Speaker, I wish to report that, as the chair of the Baffin Leaders' Summit, I have just sent out invitations to our next meeting in Kimmirut on June 21 to 23, 1996. The Baffin MLAs have agreed that this meeting will focus on developing a common Baffin economic strategy for the Baffin region. The Baffin meeting will be attended by the Baffin MLAs and 13 Baffin mayors, the president and the executive of the Baffin Region Inuit Association, the president of ... (inaudible) ... corporation and the president of the Baffin Chamber of Commerce. Also, Mr. Jose Kusugak, president of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, has been invited to attend.
We will also receive a presentation from the Honourable Manitok Thompson and we will have a discussion on community empowerment. I would like to thank the Honourable Stephen Kakfwi, Minister of Economic Development and Tourism, for allowing his regional staff to prepare a presentation on the Baffin economy. I do believe this will greatly assist us to guide the discussion towards a common Baffin economic strategy.
We are also grateful to the community of Kimmirut and Mayor Kowisa Arlooktoo and his council for agreeing to host this important meeting. Mr. Speaker, I will be pleased to report the results of this important meeting to the Assembly at the next opportunity, Mr. Speaker. Thank you.