Twenty years behind. Canada, you know, the Northwest Territories, we're light years ahead of Canada in terms of our favourite national sport here. It's been supported and recognized by a lot of hockey moms, a lot of hockey parents here, and we choose and aspire all our children to be number one in the NHL and Canada and looking at the world now. We got our Canadian women hockey team that's outscoring our opponents in the Olympics here, you know. We've come a long way, you know, and it all began in the small little last frontier in Canada: the cold lake of Great Bear Lake, on the ponds of Grey Goose. This is where it started. So Canada should be really appreciative, you know, not only of the resources that we have, but also of our favourite pastime such as ice hockey.
So, Mr. Speaker, I want to say that the puck stops here in the Northwest Territories and it stops in Deline. You know? We have to recognize this legislation to give its rightful birthplace and recognize and support the community of Deline, support these types of sacrifices made by all parents in the Northwest Territories to see that hockey was born in the North here by northerners and that's our contribution to Canada in terms of what we have to give. It goes back a long, long time, so I want to say that we should now consider having Hockey Night in Deline instead of Hockey Night in Canada.
So, Mr. Speaker, in closing I want to say that this is a golden opportunity for tourism, promoting Deline, promoting Great Bear Lake. You can catch a big fish and you can play a nice game of hockey. As a matter of fact, when I was playing hockey there a couple years ago I won; no, we lost, our team lost, but I was chosen as the most valuable player. They usually give us trophies, but the people, they must be very kind and generous because, Mr. Speaker, when we were given our most valuable prizes, they gave a big trout for a prize in Deline. I thought it was wonderful.
So the uniqueness of hockey in Canada starts in the North. So I want to say that in terms helping out the North and helping out Canada, that we can support hockey in Deline by promoting it as a tourism opportunity in our brochures or other avenues if we support this and look at how we can do that, and also letting Canada know that the Northwest Territories, especially the people in the North here, are true hockey players up here. Thank you very much.
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