Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome to the House the students from Hay River. It's good to see the younger people taking an interest in politics.

My understanding of politics in this House, Mr. Speaker, is that we represent the people, the people vote for us to speak on their behalf and bring their will to this House. One of the ways we do that is through committees. We create special committees, and the special committees go to people with issues to be discussed and decisions to be made on certain issues. We take what the people say back to the House in the form of a report and recommendations resulting from that report. The House accepts those reports and the recommendations, and it becomes the will of the House. The will of the House is the will of the people. The bureaucracy that works for this government, its job is to implement the will of the House, the will of the people.

Mr. Speaker, I just wanted to explain to the students and maybe some of our colleagues how things are supposed to work. Welcome to Yellowknife, students from Hay River, and thank you for showing an interest in your northern politics.