Thank you, Mr. Speaker, and thank you, honourable colleagues.
WHEREAS ice hockey is Canada's number one sport;
AND WHEREAS Sir John Franklin's writings refer to hockey being played on the ice of Grey Goose Lake near the present-day community of Deline, formerly Fort Franklin, by the shores of Great Bear Lake, in October 1825;
AND WHEREAS Sir John Franklin's writings of 1825 predate other documents referring to hockey being played on ice in Windsor, Nova Scotia; Dartmouth, Nova Scotia; and Kingston, Ontario; all of which have claimed to be the birthplace of hockey;
AND WHEREAS ice hockey continues to be a favourite pastime, and a fundamental part of the social and recreational fabric of Deline and communities across the Northwest Territories and Canada;
NOW THEREFORE I MOVE, seconded by the honourable Member for Kam Lake, that this Legislative Assembly recognizes Deline, Northwest Territories, as the birthplace of ice hockey.
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