Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take the opportunity today to speak in my own language. (Translation begins) I would like to make a comment today. Last week, the chief of Fort Liard attended a Northwest Territories Chamber of Commerce annual meeting. He was given the award of the Northwest Territories Chamber of Commerce Businessman of the Year. This, to me, is a high award. I think he deserves it because he has done quite a bit for the community. He has generated a lot of work and a lot of business around the Fort Liard area and the Deh Cho region.
Harry has been a chief for many years. He has worked hard for his community, and I think he was the one that inspired the pipeline. I would like to say from now on we are going to continue supporting him on whatever he does. A while ago, there was a meeting in Fort Liard attended by a lot of people from the different communities. They discussed the pipeline that is going to go down the Mackenzie Valley and how each community close to this pipeline would benefit.
Harry spearheaded the pipeline initiatives, how the communities would benefit from this. This is a very large project and he will be working on it for a long time yet.
I would like to congratulate him for all the work that he has done and for his continued work to help all the people in that region. He is pretty well known. He is well-known even in Ottawa. He is known as a person that has done really well for his community. Thank you. (Translation ends)
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