Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I'm going to speak in favour of this motion as well and I'm not going to be able to speak as having known Mr. Hamilton for as long as a lot of Members in this House, I know. I guess the first time I spoke to Mr. Hamilton was during the election campaign during the last election. He was involved in the election, of course, and I needed some advice in a number of areas and found him to be very informative and easy to talk to and very helpful.
In speaking to some people in Hay River that had worked with Mr. Hamilton in the past and knew him quite well, I was told, well, when you get over there and start working in the Legislative Assembly don't try and do anything without David Hamilton knowing about it because that's his domain over there. So I was a little leery to come over here and start working with him on a personal basis.
Like, Minister Antoine, when I came over here to this building, it can be a little intimidating the first time that you come in here and knowing that you're going to be working in here until you get to know everybody. I must take this opportunity to thank Mr. Hamilton for all the help that he has given me since I came into this House and there was no reason to fear him. I found that out. He has been extremely helpful to me over the past in helping me do my job and sorting through all the papers that go along with this job.
So I definitely am proud to stand up today in favour of this motion and I certainly want to wish him well in his future endeavors and look forward to having him around the House whenever he can make it here. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.
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