Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I rise today to speak to this Legislature coming to the end of a very difficult time for us all. I think it is time to close the cover on this chapter in our history as a Legislature. I can assure Mr. Lafferty, and I know he already knows this, that this indeed did not amount to a cover up and I am very proud of that and I think this whole Assembly should be very proud of that.

We did, as a committee, make some very difficult recommendations. I think we made those recommendations because we felt we had to, and the whole process to this point was open, was public, I believe it was fair and even-handed, Mr. Speaker, and I do know that the public had questions about the ability of a committee of MLAs to discipline its own. I think we have answered those questions, Mr. Speaker.

I do want to thank the committee members for all of their time and effort. It has been a lot of work. Mr. Lafferty, in particular, had to come up to speed and he did so very quickly. He was not in this process from the beginning, not having been on the Board of Management, but he did a lot of work in a very short time. I thank him for that. Mr. Handley obviously needed more work like he needed a flat tire on his way home on that beautiful road on Highway No. 4. We know how much work he does, so I appreciate the extra effort he put into this. Mr. Roland and Mr. Miltenberger had to basically spend their summers away from their families travelling and working with this committee and that was much appreciated.

There is some good news, I think, that can come out of this. I think we saw it here yesterday with the amount of support displayed in this House and in the community for the Premier and for this government. It is clear to me that this Premier, Mr. Kakfwi and his Cabinet, are clearly on the right track. I hope we as a Legislature can take this momentum and build on it.

Mr. Speaker, I truly hope we have achieved closure and I thank my colleagues for all the support during this trying time. We will, Mr. Speaker, make no mistake, be measured on our ability to move forward from here. I hope we take that very seriously and can achieve great things in the last two years of our mandate. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

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