Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I want to make some general comments about the Deh Cho today, especially towards the youth in my riding. Last week, as I announced in the House, last weekend I attended a Dream Catchers Conference in Edmonton. I was very impressed with the whole conference. It was very well-attended. We had several hundred youth from the Northwest Territories, many different types of workshops and presentations and events happening, and I wanted to commend all of the youth, especially the youth from my riding of the Hay River Reserve, Fort Providence and the youth that we have in the leadership program. They were all well-behaved and were eager participants in all of the events.

I happened to take part and ended up chaperoning for one of the groups and attended the youth dance. I cannot say I did any dancing. I was waiting for a song that I recognized. However, none played for the full four hours that I was there.

I am hoping next year that we will see more people take part, especially the leaders from the North and my colleagues here. I encourage them to come. It is a great time.

This time of the year is also a time for our students in the North and the students in post-secondary institutions, they are all taking mid-term exams. They are all studying hard. I wanted to wish them well and encourage them to stick to their books. I know it is very difficult in our smaller communities to be in the higher classes. However, I encourage them to do their best.

I was talking to an elder the other day and he was indicating that all the challenges and all the different things that are facing our youth, the list is growing. We have AIDS, we have all kinds of diseases. He was saying we should include a lack of education as a part of one, because you cannot, in this day and age, make a healthy living without a good education.

Today I also want to recognize the two pages that we have with us. We have from Kakisa, two hard-working young gentlemen. Dennis Chico and Jeremy Simba. They have been with us all week and will be leaving today. I want to thank them for doing a good job. Also, their chaperone, Elainie Simba.

I also want to welcome two new constituents who were just born in the last couple of days, Kelly Leechman and Gerard Compton.

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