Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to thank Mr. Ningark for his wisdom and extremely balanced and fair views in our committee. I must say that I learned a lot from him. Now I had the pleasure to watch a very young Mr. Arlooktoo grow by leaps and bounds and I always appreciated his fairness and his frankness in committees. Of course, Mr. Ng is also very fair and level-headed and always open to discuss problems and their solutions. Sometimes he even took a little of our advice. Mr. Picco, of course, Mr. Speaker, he brought liveliness, wit and charm to this House and to our committee meetings. We all like to tease him, but I am sure I speak for all when I say we appreciate you, Ed. Ms. Thompson, I would like to thank you for nominating me. I appreciated our numerous talks and discussions about aboriginal culture and customs. I very much appreciated her honesty, friendship and her funny notes. I do not have time to discuss all the Members, but I would like to thank all the eastern Members for their contributions.

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