Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I stand today in this House to speak in honour of Remembrance Day tomorrow, November 11th. Tomorrow is a special day to remember for all Canadians. To remember the Canadians who have paid the ultimate price of putting their lives on the line in time of war and conflict. They did this for all Canadians to protect our way of life. Their investment is huge, Mr. Speaker. For the past seven years, Canada has been recognized by all the rest of the countries as the best country to live in.

We have a great country here today, Mr. Speaker, through the sacrifice of these Canadians have made with their lives. On that note, Mr. Speaker, in October of 1999, I was the Premier of the Northwest Territories. I went with Team Canada, the Prime Minister and other premiers to Japan.

There in Japan, we did a lot of things, but one of the most special ceremonies I attended was that we participated in a very special ceremony at the Canadian gravesite at Yokohama, Japan. This is a gravesite of Canadians who have died in this southeast conflict. These Canadians apparently were captured in Hong Kong and transported to Japan and perished there during the conflict. We did the ceremony. We prayed. As an aboriginal person, I offered tobacco at the site and we prayed in honour of their service to Canada.

As an aboriginal person, upon coming back to Canada, I checked to see who was all there and wanted to know if there were any aboriginal people. I was told that there were two members of the aboriginal First Nations from Manitoba who were at that site as well. I just want to make note that during the conflicts in the past and the wars, aboriginal people have also contributed and wanted to make special note of it in remembrance of tomorrow. For all Canadians, everybody who lives in Canada, has contributed to make this country a great place. Thank you.