Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I also had the honour and privilege of serving with Tony in the 14th Assembly and, more importantly, also as his
Deputy Speaker, but I think also as part of the arrangement with Tony is that one thing Tony always did and made sure of is when he travelled, he made efforts to go meet with our elders in the elders’ homes, go into the schools and meet with the students and talk to the people in the community. He was very approachable in all cases. He always made an attempt to partake in community events, but more importantly, everybody throughout the Territories didn’t call him sir or Commissioner. They called him Tony.
Tony is basically known throughout the Northwest Territories and elsewhere. I think that simply the efforts that he has done and the lives he has touched also can extol ourselves here as legislators but extol it over the House and the offices that he has held.
With that, Tony, thank you for everything. I look forward to seeing you serve in the House again, as you said, as a table officer. Thank you.
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