Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to stand up and publicly say to the Minister of Finance, the Honourable John

Todd, as well as the Minister, the Honourable Goo Arlooktoo, thank you very much for the honour of working with you for the past three years. In your case, Mr. Todd, the past six or seven I believe. I really appreciated what these two Members brought to Cabinet as well as to this Legislative Assembly.

I can remember quite well, Mr. Speaker, three years ago when we received an economic plan from the staff at the government, and everything looked like doom and gloom. We have managed to survive that over three years with the great help of the Honourable John Todd as the Minister of Finance, the man that we always said should give t-shirts to all the MLAs saying we are broke, or say no. It is not easy to be in politics when there is no money. It is not easy to make the tough decisions.

Mr. Todd, I do appreciate the tough decisions that Cabinet had to make as well as yourself, the leadership you played. I believe both new territories are going to benefit from the decisions this government has made in the past, I believe that both new territories are going to benefit from the decisions the Minister of Finance made. I would like to thank you once again, Mr. Todd, on behalf of the constituents of Tu Nedhe, and the rest of the people in the western Arctic, as well as Nunavut. It has been a great three years working with you, best of luck, I know you will do well.

I would also like to congratulate Mr. Steen and Mr. Miltenberger on their appointment to Cabinet. We will have fun. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.