Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, on behalf of my constituents in Nunakput I would like to say farewell to those Members from Nunavut who will be leaving tomorrow. My constituents, I am sure, appreciate the help the Members from Nunavut have shown my constituents' communities obtaining services as needed. I think, Mr. Speaker, that my constituents realize that the Members from Nunavut, it was easy to convince them of the situations in my community because we lived in the same type of weather conditions, we experienced the same type of problems north of the treeline. I do not know, in the future, whether this is going to have an impact in my community's ability to obtain the same amount of good services, but I wish the Members from Nunavut know that we did appreciate your understanding and assistance.
I appreciated working on the Nunavut Caucus, although I was a Member of the west. I was still allowed to sit as a Member of Caucus and I appreciated working with them. I compliment the Nunavut Caucus and the Members of the Nunavut Caucus for their ability to compromise. I cannot say the same for the Western Caucus, unfortunately.
--Laughter
Perhaps some of the wisdom, experience and ability to compromise will be left behind and the west will be able to pick it up and use it to their benefit. We definitely need it.
I ask for permission to finish my statement, Mr. Speaker.