Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I too, would like to take this time to say goodbye to my eastern colleagues,

especially Mr. Ng. Because of the one or two questions I might have raised on Tl'oondih, healing problems, alcohol problems and also health problems. But I would like to take this time to wish Mr. Ng all the best in the east. Knowing that there will be some sort of review process in the west looking at health and social services, so all has not been lost.

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Thank you, Mr. Ng. For all the other Members I had the opportunity and joy of working with, and especially the friendships that will last for a lifetime, I would also like to wish each and every one of you all the best and you will be missed, especially when it comes to supporting issues and understanding the problems in the smaller communities and the smaller ridings and being able to understand what it takes to deal with health and social problems in our smaller communities.

Mr. Speaker, in closing, one of the people that I was hoping not to miss was Ms. Helen Maksagak, the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, who will also be moving on to become the new Commissioner of Nunavut. With that, Mr. Speaker, I would like to wish Ms. Maksagak and all my eastern colleagues all the best in their endeavours. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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