Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, this is a very important day. A very good day for the Northwest Territories. I would like to congratulate you and the Premier-elect, as well as those Ministers who have been elected to Cabinet.

I would also like to thank all of the constituents of Thebacha for the honour they have placed on me, and of course, I would like to think good judgement, for electing me to this distinguished Assembly.

We have a lot of pressing issues and orders of business to deal with. I have had the pleasure of working with my colleagues around the table in the last couple of days. I would like to tell the people of the Northwest Territories I am very impressed by the depth of experience, enthusiasm, ability, interest and commitment to the jobs at hand. I know we will be very effective in the role we have to play working with our Cabinet colleagues to bring the kind of government the people of the Northwest Territories want and deserve. Thank you.

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