Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Good morning, colleagues. Mr. Speaker, on Saturday, July 1, 2000, I returned to Tuktoyaktuk and attended Canada Day celebrations. These activities started at 10:00 a.m., July 1, 2000, but had to be suspended later in the evening due to weather. The wind came up and blew dust and sand all over, then it rained.
Mr. Speaker, the Tuktoyaktuk recreation committee members are very persistent. Canada Day activities continued with the scheduled traditional games being held on the next day, July 2. Again, it rained before activities could be concluded, and the outdoor games had to be suspended.
Mr. Speaker, the Canada Day committee and the patriotic volunteers and residents of Tuktoyaktuk were bound and determined to complete Canada Day celebrations as planned. I left Tuktoyaktuk on Monday, July 3, 2000, to return to Yellowknife for the Session. However, my constituents inform me that Canada Day activities were finally completed on the evening of Monday, July 3, 2000. Therefore, it could be said that in Tuktoyaktuk, in the land of the midnight sun in the year 2000, Canada Day was 72 hours long. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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