Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, it is with great sadness that I speak to an event that reminds us of the dangers facing those who put their lives on the line to make our communities safer. Yesterday, four RCMP officers were shot and killed while investigating a suspected marijuana grow operation near Rochfort Bridge, Alberta.
This serious and tragic event has touched all of us, especially the officers' colleagues here in the Northwest Territories who are represented in this House this morning by Inspector Greg Morrow and Inspector Roch Fortin of "G" division. It also reminds us of the thanks we owe to those RCMP officers in our northern communities and across Canada who risk their lives to protect the public.
On behalf of the government, Members of the Assembly and the people of the Northwest Territories, I offer heartfelt sympathies to the friends and families of the officers who lost their lives yesterday.
Mr. Speaker, I would ask that Members rise and observe a moment of silence to remember the fallen officers.
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