Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I stand today as MLA for Nahendeh to speak about our youth who participated in the Third Annual Youth Parliament here in our Legislative Assembly. I would like to congratulate all of the youth participants from throughout the North who attended this event. I would like to thank the organizers for this. I would like to say that I am very proud of my representative, Courtney Squirrel from Fort Simpson, who was a very enthusiastic participant to this Youth Parliament.

I called her and I asked her to do a Member's statement for me, and she writes:

Mr. Speaker, from February 3rd to the 8th I attended the Third Annual Youth Parliament in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. During my stay in Yellowknife, I met and befriended new people. I also learned and experienced a lot of new and interesting facts about our government and how it works.

In Yellowknife, I had the privilege to spend a week at the Legislative Assembly and worked with the MLAs and coordinators of the Youth Parliament. While at the Legislative Assembly building, myself and 18 other students were taken on a tour of the building and learned about the different rooms and the different areas of the building.

My day spent at the Legislative Assembly building, I participated in a variety of activities, such as Cabinet meetings with members of my staff, rehearsal in the Chamber and the actual time spent in the Chamber. We did not spend all of our time at the Legislative Assembly building. The coordinators had activities scheduled for us prior to our arrival. We played soccer, we watched movies, went shopping, toured Yellowknife and the military and had dinner at the Northern Headquarters of National Defence, which was a privilege and was very enjoyable.

While I was in Yellowknife I enjoyed every minute in Yellowknife during the week of the Youth Parliament. It was a very educational experience. I would like to thank everyone responsible for making it happen. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you.