Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, change is inevitable as we have come to know since we have all come to the Assembly. The north has faced change on a continual basis since I can remember. I can still remember stories my father told me about the first time he drove an outboard motor. It was a one and a half horse power and he used it for spring ratting season. At times it would move so slowly as he was going against the current he would fall asleep and an hour later he would wake up and he had not moved, he was still in the same place. Mr. Speaker, we have come a long way from that time. In the government we have changed from an appointed system to now a fully elected government. In the years to come as we have heard in the Premier's statement there are more changes that are being looked at.

Mr. Speaker, I know as changes have come along, my father has changed with it, for he saw that there was need to change. He had to provide for his family, he saw that his traditional way of providing for us was not going to cover all of the bases. So he moved forward with that change, but he did so on the basis of need. He did so on the basis of looking at another man or individual for the value they would put forward. I still look back on the times when I have to think about things and how he raised us. I can say clearly, my father raised his children in a way that when you looked at an individual you did not look at him for his background, his history or his culture but instead, he looked at the person with the value they put in their word. His decisions were based on how he could trust the individual. That is the way he raised his family. I hope that as we move forward in change, we will look at values put in people. We need to look at the word and how people stand on their word as they deal with change. Mr. Speaker in closing, in the winds of change we must look also past the person's outside appearance and look inward and the value they place in their community and fellow man. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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