Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Seeing that this is Education Week, I wanted to speak today about educators. I have two schools located in my riding -- N.J. Macpherson and Ecole St. Joseph School -- both of which provide excellent learning environments for children in this city. Mr. Speaker, I would put these two schools up against

any school in southern Canada for quality of education.

I want to thank all the educators at these two great schools for all the work they do on educating and growing our students. Also, Mr. Speaker, I’d like to thank the administration of both Ecole St. Joseph and N.J. Macpherson for allowing me to host my constituency meetings at their schools. Both schools offer a great atmosphere for hosting these meetings.

Mr. Speaker, teachers have such a profound impact on people, and oftentimes you don’t realize how much of an impact teachers have had until you’re an adult yourself and you start looking back and reflecting on your time in school. I want to thank some of the teachers in my past that have helped me become the person I am today: Mr. Bob Dawe, Mr. Tony Florio, Ms. Leah Von Hagen, Mr. John Bowden, and Mr. Tony Campbell; our teachers I owe a great deal of gratitude to.

To the teachers and educators and the school boards around this Territory, I’d like to say thank you for all you do for our students and for us each and every day. Mahsi.