Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. (Translation begins) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take advantage of the interpreter while I have one. The Northwest Territories is a large place. I as an MLA have many communities to cover. It is our responsibility to visit these communities. Recently, January 13th and 15th, within five days, I left Yellowknife by vehicle and went to visit my constituency. I would like to say a little on that.
I left here for five days. I arrived in Fort Simpson. I went to Trout Lake. I went there by winter road. I also went to Jeanne Marie River and Fort Simpson, then I came back. Within five days, I covered 2,000 miles. I drove for 27 hours and I visited three communities. I missed out on three of the communities. February 8th and 9th I went to Wrigley. I still have to visit the Liard and Trout River.
I would like to say that if I want to visit all of my constituency, I have to drive many hours and I have to cover many miles to go visit my constituency. For the MLAS that cover Yellowknife, they can cover their constituency within half an hour. I just wanted to show you the difference. I am not complaining, but I am just showing you the differences between constituencies. When we visit our communities, there are so many days and only so many hours to cover those areas. Thank you, Mr. Speaker. (Translation ends)