Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to take this opportunity to welcome our new chief public health officer, Dr. Lorne Clearsky. Dr. Clearsky is the community medicine specialist from the Waywayseecappo First Nation in Manitoba. He graduated from the University of Manitoba medical school in 1990, completed his family practice residency in 1992, and began working in northern Manitoba for five years as a fly-in physician for First Nations communities.
He comes to us from the Calgary Health Region where he was a deputy medical officer, the medical lead for the Aboriginal Health Program, and clinical assistant professor at the Department of Medicine at the University of Calgary.
I’d like to ask you all to join me in welcoming Dr. Clearsky to a long and productive work time here in the Northwest Territories and get to know the people of the Northwest Territories and provide his valuable skills to them. Thank you and welcome.