(Translation) Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. In the short time that I have been a Member of this Assembly -- it has been two or three months -- there have been significant activities happening in the community.
This summer, on June 13th, there was an election for the Tlicho chiefs. The chiefs that have been elected -- some of them are here -- are Chief Leon Lafferty from Behchoko/Rae, Chief Charlie Jim Nitsiza from Whati, Chief Henry Gon from Gameti and also Chief Charlie Football from Wekweeti/Snare Lake. These are the four chiefs that have been elected.
On August 4th, we had a big celebration in Rae-Edzo. Almost 3,000 people were in Rae-Edzo/Behchoko for the first sitting of the new government. On September 1, 2005, the first grand chief was elected. The new grand chief is George Mackenzie.
Mr. Speaker, when we talk about the Tlicho Government, Chief Monfwi was the first one that put the wording there, and we are still holding onto the words that he said at that time.
Mr. Speaker, there are 39,000 square miles of land in the control of the Tlicho agreement, when we signed the agreement. Many people have worked on this agreement. People like the negotiators, the chief, the elders, and many others have worked on this and that is what we celebrated. We know that many people have worked on this agreement; for example, Tlicho Grand Chief Joe Rabesca, and we are very grateful for him. Also the negotiating team: John B. Zoe, Eddie Erasmus, James Erasmus and Ted Blondin, and also many elders that are not present with us today. They have worked on this and this is now visible.
Mr. Speaker, when we look at this important date...Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask for consent to conclude my statement.