Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. I would like to congratulate you on your new role as Speaker of this House and also send out my congratulatory notes to the new Minister-elect of the Executive Council, Mr. David Krutko. Also, Mr. Speaker, I would like to welcome my colleague, Mr. Zoe, to this side of the House. Hopefully he will fit in well.

Today, Mr. Speaker, I want to acknowledge the success of four of my constituents of Deninu Kue, who have graduated and shown a lot of progress from various educational institutions, both in the NWT and Alberta this year. I want to publicly congratulate Mr. Dennis King, who is graduating from the management studies program at Aurora College; Kristen Boucher, and Ms. Leanne Boucher, for both graduating from the office administration program also at Aurora College. Finally, I want to congratulate Mr. Kevin Giroux for completing the second of the three-year civil engineering program at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. It is my privilege to not only acknowledge the hard work and dedication that these individuals have displayed thus far, but also their remarkable achievements given circumstances and surroundings that they all come from. I believe these achievements will not only benefit them each personally, but also have a positive rippling effect on all the younger people of Tu Nedhe, those in schools and to those who may not be in schools who may now consider returning to school after seeing that these local individuals succeeded in their endeavours of higher education.

Therefore, Mr. Speaker, I again wish continued success to all of these individuals in their future endeavours and aspirations. I look forward to personally meeting and congratulating each one individually in the near future. Mahsi, Mr. Speaker.

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