Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It's with great affection that I'm often able to acknowledge the presence in the gallery of my mother, Esther Braden, and today it gives me special pride to advise the Assembly that she is here and with a special distinction as the Northwest Territories most recent recipient of our country's highest civilian award, the Order of Canada.
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Mr. Speaker, she is in good company with retired Anglican Bishop Jack Sperry, also a member of the Order of Canada.
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With them, too, is another very respected Yellowknife senior and someone most deserving of the Order of Canada, but not there yet, Mr. Ed Jeske. Mr. Speaker, thank you.
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