Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, before Christmas, I had written to Mr. Peter Gzowski about coming to Iqaluit to attend the annual literacy golf tournament. Peter is no longer able to participate in every tournament, but he just announced that he will be attending the tournament in Iqaluit, the week of April 21st, 1997. That is good news, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, not only will Mr. Gzowski compete in the tournament, but he will be bringing his Morningside production staff in order to do a remote, live broadcast from Iqaluit. As well, Peter will be accompanied by the film crew from the TV program, Life and Times, who will film Peter as part of a television biography on Mr. Gzowski's life. Other celebrities confirmed for the tournament include well-known actor, singer and star of North of 60, Tom Jackson, Mr. Ernie Coombs, better known as Mr. Dressup, and Nunavut's own children's author, Mr. Michael Kusugak. Michael is also the president of the NWT Literacy Council.

Mr. Speaker, I believe it was in 1990, when we had the first literacy golf tournament in the Northwest Territories here in Yellowknife. That spring, as I caddied around Frame Lake for Ken Dryden and singer Valdy, we never anticipated that the tournament would continue and become more popular every year. The funds generated go to promote literacy and literacy projects in the Northwest Territories.

I should give a little history on how Mr. Gzowski was strong-armed into holding a tournament for literacy in the Northwest Territories. During a regular flight from Iqaluit to Clyde River, Dorothy Kuminapik, at that time the adult educator in Clyde, just happened to be sitting next to Mr. Gzowski on the flight. She questioned Peter as to when he was going to have a golf tournament in the north for literacy. As a result, our first tournament, as I mentioned, occurred the following year, here in Yellowknife on Frame Lake. Dorothy is now living in Iqaluit and will be the poet laureate of the tournament.

Mr. Speaker, it was at that time we started the Northwest Territories Literacy Council. I was one of the first paid members and vice-president. Through the years, the members of the Council have changed, but one constant, in particular, has remained. That constant is the hard work and dedication of Miss Lynn Fogwill of Yellowknife. Lynn has been one of the major driving forces every year in arranging the logistics and promotion of these tournaments.

Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.