Thank you. Ministers' statements. Before we go on to Members' statements, I wish to recognize some people in the gallery.
The Honourable Leonard Derkach, Minister of Rural Development; the Honourable David Newman, Minister of Northern Affairs, Energy and Mines; Mayor Spence of the town of Churchill and Mayor Comaskey, from the city of Thompson, Manitoba, with their delegation of public servants. Welcome to the Assembly.
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Before we proceed with Members' statements, some Members have been commenting that I am hiding something. Just in case I turn redder than I am now, I want to remind the Members that today is half the day of the rest of my life.
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Item 3, Members' statements. Mr. Evaloarjuk.