Mr. Speaker, I too would like to echo yours and my colleague's, Ms. Lee's sentiments on congratulating Team Canada with winning the hockey gold in both the men and women's categories. I would also like to congratulate Team Canada for winning the most medals ever, 17 medals. Canada did well this year and I am pretty sure they will do well in the future.
I would like to use that to tie Towards a Better Tomorrow into my statement, Mr. Speaker. In the document Towards a Better Tomorrow, the document we plan our agenda by, we talk about youth and how we are going to be helping the youth in creating an environment for healthy lifestyles. I do not see our government doing anything much about youth today. I do not see new recreational complexes going up, I do not see any programs that will see youth enjoy a healthy lifestyle in the smaller communities, Mr. Speaker.
We have the Arctic Winter Games that start in the next little while. We have one or two or three people from my communities participating in these Arctic Winter Games. The trials were good but the athletes going over there were not prepared. They did not have the facilities. They did not have the human resources to assist them in getting prepared.
If we are going to have a healthy lifestyle in the Northwest Territories, we need to create the environment. I would like to know from the Minister responsible for Youth and the government how we are going to do that. They have not told me. They have not told the people of the Northwest Territories. Again, ending on a positive note, congratulations to Team Canada. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.
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