Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Northern trade students showcased northern talents at the 9th Annual Canada Skills Competition in Waterloo, Ontario, May 29th to June 1st. For the second year in a row, northern students trained through the Workers' Compensation Board's safety and youth worker program have won medals at the worksite safety event at the national skills competition. In partnership with Skills Canada and Education, Culture and Employment, the WCB holds the territorial competition and supplies an advisor to the youth at the national level competition.
The Workers' Compensation Board of the NWT and Nunavut helps sponsor the annual NWT/Nunavut Skills Canada competition. All participants must complete the WCB's safety and the young worker program, prior to competing at the territorial level. Our ongoing success at the national level can be attributed, in part, to this very successful program.
Congratulations to Yellowknife's Mara Smith, who won her second medal for worksite safety in this competition, adding a silver to the gold she won last year. There were four other NWT medal winners, including two silvers for Richard Walsh of Yellowknife and Reg Evans of Fort Smith, and two bronzes for Amanda Johns of Inuvik and Mandy Lyons of Yellowknife.
Another Northerner, Isabel MacDougall of Iqaluit, made Nunavut proud by winning the gold medal for worksite safety. This was Nunavut's first gold medal at the national skills competition.
I'm sure that all members join me in congratulating Ms. Smith, Ms. MacDougall, Mr. Walsh, Mr. Evans, Ms. Johns and Ms. Lyons, and all members of the territorial Skills Canada team, for their outstanding performance at this year's national Skills Canada competition.
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