(Translation starts) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to congratulate you on your appointment. I would also like to congratulate the Premier-elect, Stephen Kakfwi, and the rest of Cabinet.

Within the Tu Nedhe riding, there is Lutselk'e, Fort Resolution and Reliance and the people that voted for me. I would like to thank them very much. We have a big job ahead of us. For everyone who lives in this Territory, I will do my best for you.

When we were visiting communities, I had said the only way to come out positive is to work together. I will do research and I will look at how the money is spent. Besides that, I have one more thing to say. The only way we can come out with positive situations here in the North is by working together.

For my wife and my children, I would like to thank them very much. I have a big job ahead of me and I still have a lot to learn. We all have a lot to learn. We will all learn at the same time, and that is positive thing.

For all of the young people that are growing up and all of the young people that have helped me in the past, thank you very much. My parents, my mother, the elders, I would like to thank them very much. I will be working with other Members here. They are all very hard working Members and they all have a big job and they all want to work positively.

There is one person I would like to thank from the bottom of my heart, my grandmother, who raised me. She was my mother, my grandmother, my father all at once. I learned a lot from her and she taught me right from wrong. While we were campaigning in the recent election, she passed away from me. That is what makes my heart cry. So now I speak to her with a positive mind. That is how I look at it and that is the way I keep her word.

One more time, I would like to thank you all very much. (Translation ends)

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