Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today I wear my happy tie because I get to go home. I get to spend some time with my family whom I dearly miss and I get to wish them in person the Happy Valentine they deserve. As Ms. Thompson has put it so eloquently about caring for those who take part in our lives and who take the place of our spaces in what we do back home. I know, at times, my wife must think that she is a single woman raising four children. She has had to do many things that I used to do at home. I hope this weekend, when I go home, I can fit back into the role of being a father and a husband, and not just a leader for the community of Inuvik in voicing their concerns. I think it is important for us, as individuals, as fathers and mothers and children of our own parents, that we go and spend time with our families the way we used to before we became so entangled in government and politics.

Mr. Speaker, I think you said it before. From time to time, we need to get away from the paper work, to get away from the meetings and take some time to once again try and feel human. To take part in activities that are dear to all of us, I am sure, in sharing activities with our families. I hope that this weekend I will try not to have too many meetings while I am home and spend as much time as possible with my children. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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