Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. I would like to start off by wishing everybody a Happy New Year this first time we're sitting in the House since 2006. Mr. Speaker, it's good to see that my colleagues are all back and in good spirits, I see. I'm looking forward to working with them over the next two months during this fifth sitting of the 15th Assembly.
Recently, Mr. Speaker, some circumstances in my family dynamics have changed and I have to reorganize my priorities somewhat. Between my work here and these new changes in my life, I see that there will be many new challenges for me. I look forward with excitement and encouragement toward having more direct input into the future for my kids and their kids, a future which we all have an opportunity in this House to lay the groundwork for in a political sense. Now that I have a bigger workload on the personal side, I have to really attend to that side of the equation more seriously, as we all do I'm sure.
That being said, Mr. Speaker, I would like to reiterate my dedication to my Tu Nedhe constituents towards building better working relationships with all levels of government, with industry in our Akaitcho Territory and the NWT, and especially building relationships amongst ourselves; that being the most challenging and compromising not to mention the most difficult to talk about, especially at the community level.
Mr. Speaker, many new issues have arisen since our last sitting that are going to require decisions made here that will have territorial-wide ramifications in areas such as wildlife, especially caribou management, energy, the environment and resource development, just to name a few. These should be at the top of this 15th Assembly's priority list over the next eight months. I'm confident that we can find some northern solutions to many of these very important decisions that will have to be very well thought out before actions can be taken. All these in conjunction with many other personal concerns in areas of housing, health, justice and seniors will be brought to the attention of this government for more consideration and hopefully some timely resolution so that people can actually see and touch some changes before the end of this 15th Assembly.