Thank you, Mr. Speaker. As a Member of the Legislature, I have taken the occasion to speak many times about community wellness and zero tolerance, but I have never addressed the issue of abuse in residential schools. There is a reason for that. In February of this year, there was an announcement of a conviction of a former supervisor in Grollier Hall. In August, I also attended a court case in Inuvik for a former supervisor who was convicted as well of various charges of sexual abuse against former students.
Mr. Speaker, I have never spoken to this because, simply it is a very difficult issue and I do not like to start talking about something that I am not sure I can finish. I will be very brief today, hopefully I can find the strength to speak to it in more detail in the future. I just want the Members to know, it is important to put it before you, so you will have a context for the kind of person that I am and the way I act and conduct myself. I was there, in Grollier Hall, as a nine-year-old for five months in 1960. Thank you.
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