Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, yesterday, Darrell Beaulieu of N'dilo was elected as the chief of N'dilo for a three-year term.

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From 1988 to 1997, Chief Beaulieu served two years as a Yellowknives Dene First Nation councillor and eight years as chief of N'dilo. Mr. Beaulieu has been a tireless worker for his community, as well as for the NWT. He is the past director and president of Deton'Cho Corporation. He is also the president and director of the Denendeh Development Corporation, and he served on the board of directors for Northland Utilities Enterprise Limited and Northland Utilities, NWT Limited, and Northland Utilities Yellowknife Limited.

He is also founding director and served as president of Deton'Cho Diamonds Incorporated. Mr. Beaulieu currently co-chairs the Education, Culture and Employment mine training committee, serves as vice-chair of the NWT Business Credit Corporation, and is a director on the board for the Northwest Territories Business Development Corporation.

As chief of N'dilo, Mr. Beaulieu is particularly interested in the settlement of the Akaitcho aboriginal claim and the importance to the Yellowknife Dene membership of managing the various governments and economic issues they face.

I congratulate Chief Beaulieu and look forward to working with him over the next years. Thank you.

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