Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, the issue of the residential school experience often tends to be a very versatile one, and I contemplated whether I would make any comment on this motion, or just quietly vote. But I want to recognize, as well, in the community of Fort Smith, Breynat Hall and Grandin College have been there for a long time. They have a history that is related to many, many people in the Northwest Territories. As my colleague, Mr. McLeod, indicated, there were good experiences and bad, probably for all of us who went through those systems.
As Mr. Villeneuve indicated, his parents went to residential school. My mother, who will turn 81 this coming spring, went to a residential school in Lac La Biche. The one thing I noticed from a very young age -- if you'll excuse me for making this personal observation -- she still won't eat porridge today because of what happened. I know what happened; but just one, small example.
So this is a very delicate issue. While I will acknowledge that it exists, there were many good things that happened there, and there were many bad things. Many of our colleagues here went, and I have many lifelong friends from my experiences in Grandin College and Breynat Hall, friends that I still have today from all over the North, and I will support this motion.