Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to send greetings back to my wife and children.
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Mr. Speaker, being Friday, I would like to do something a little different and speak of an issue that I am fairly familiar with. Mr. Speaker, I think many people in the north are familiar with the game of hockey. I have played this for quite a few years now. At times I am accused by certain Members that I give the game away, but the issue in a game of hockey, there are certain things that you learn to do or you try to do better than others. I have seen many games and I have seen many players. I have seen some who can mesmerize us on the ice. One of the things of this game is stick handling. The better you can control that puck on the end of your stick, the more you are able to go through the opponents team and possibly score a winning goal. If it so happens that members of the other team have a better player than you and they can take control of that puck, you are sometimes left standing and wondering where were you when he scored the goal.
I will refer to a specific game sometime maybe another Friday in the future, but I wanted to make reference to stick handling. Some of the best stick handling I have seen recently comes in a different arena than I was accustomed to. The arena I refer to is this Legislative Assembly. The stick handling I have seen done has been superior. I must say Mr. Todd would win a number of awards for his ability to manoeuvre and get by the defence of others. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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