Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Thank you colleagues. That was the fastest two and a half minutes I have ever experienced. Mr. Speaker, I have a confession to make. If you were to go to the CBC and search the archives, in fact you would find a filmed documentary. I use to be a lot braver than I am now, and I have to confess that I actually engaged in a debate on CBC television, with John Amagoalik, on division, about six or seven years ago. On the Nunavut side was Kenn Harper and Mr. John Amagoalik and on the western side was Francois Paulette and myself. I argued against division. The reason I did that was because I said the Northwest Territories just would not be the same without Nunavut, and indeed I still believe that, but I think it is a wonderful opportunity for the people of Nunavut and do wish them well.

To the colleagues I have served here with, Mr. Ningark, as a fellow chair of committee of the whole, I have appreciated watching him and learning from him. We have few veterans on the Ordinary Members side, and so we have had to keep our eye on Mr. Ningark for guidance. Mr. Todd, who I am not really sure we are getting rid of so I will not say goodbye to yet. Mr. Ng, for your attendance in my community, and all your help on social services; there are problems with Health and Social Services, but indeed I think, we also have made much progress and the people of the north have much to be thankful in that area. To Ms. Thompson, who is my only fellow, that is a strange oxymoron, fellow woman in the Legislature. It would have been good to have gotten to know Ms. Thompson better, but she was very busy, as was I. To Mr. Arlooktoo, I sincerely wish you well in the future, and I look forward to hearing about the great things I am sure you will embark on in Nunavut. To Mr. Enuaraq, when I first got elected I went to a celebrity auction and bought Inuktitut lessons to be taught by Mr. Enuaraq. I never followed up, but I made a big donation to the Northwest Territories Council for Disabled Persons. To Mr. Evaloarjuk as well, a senior statesman in our government, who we will miss very much. Last but not least, three people who I was particularly close to. Mr. O'Brien, Mr. Picco and Mr. Barnabas, who served on the infrastructure committee with me. I just want to tell you two today, I only told Mr. Picco he was my favourite because I knew that his very fragile ego needed to be boosted all the time. I wish you all Godspeed and all the best. Thank you.

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