Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (Translation) Mr. Speaker, yesterday, after the Assembly was over, myself and Stephen Kakfwi, the Minister for RWED, flew to Fort Simpson. There is a meeting in Fort Simpson, Tuesday to Thursday, on Western Arctic Aboriginal Tourism which is the basis of the meeting. There are a lot of people there who work for tourism that all gathered for the meeting. The meeting is based on tourism in the western Arctic. I was quite thankful for all the participants at that meeting. There are a lot of people from all over the world who come to our country, like the western Arctic. They really want to come here to see the western Arctic. (Translation ends)

The goal is to build a user-friendly and profitable aboriginal tourism industry which is a very commendable approach. I think this is the first conference of its kind and I am very glad that it is in my home community of Fort Simpson. The objective is reaching a better understanding of the aboriginal tourism market, as well as examining ways that our aboriginal tourism products can and should be presented to the workplace. With that, Mr. Speaker, I look forward to the results of this conference and certainly the direction on how we in the Legislative Assembly can be of assistance to those people who are involved in this developing business sector of our economy. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

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