Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I am very pleased today to welcome to the Assembly three students from Pehdzeh Ki, or Wrigley, who will serve as pages during this week of the session. Desiree Mose, Jessica and Jennifer Skeard are grade 7 students at the Chief Julian Yendo School in Wrigley. They are achievers who express a strong interest in working for us here as pages in order to better understand how our Legislative Assembly works.

I am very pleased, Mr. Speaker, that we have a program that allows students from the smaller communities to come to Yellowknife and learn new skills and enjoy some of the activities available here in our capital.

Mr. Speaker, there are many students in our smaller communities who would like this opportunity. However, those who do come here learn and enjoy the experience of working for us here in the Legislative Assembly. I trust they will return to their community later this week with a better understanding of how our government works.

There are other students here as well. I would like to welcome them to the House. Before I am finished here, Mr. Speaker, I would like to wish you a happy birthday. Mahsi.

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