Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Beaulieu.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize constituents of mine in the gallery today: Mrs. Dorothy Beaulieu and Mr. Angus Beaulieu, her husband.

Thank you, Mr. Beaulieu. The honourable Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Roland.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s an honour today to recognize Mandy Day, part of the Ingamo Hall Friendship Centre in Inuvik.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to recognize the Grade 5 class from Sissons that’s here today in the gallery and has been visiting the Assembly. The students who are visiting us here today are: Kienan Ashton, Aliya Aumond, Nicolas Bennett, Grace Clark, Sophie Clark, Daniel Enge, Noah Hache, Delilah Hashi, Sean Irwin, Jack Panayi, Jacob Schubert, Lauren Seabrook, Jesper Sorensen, Niva Stephenson, Sarah Taggart-Miles, Anne Thomas, Elizabeth Thomas, and their teacher, Monique Marinier.

Finally, I would also like to recognize Mr. Ed Jeske, a worthy recipient of today’s Education Hall of Fame Award, and of course the lovely Ms. Vivian Squires, executive director of the YK Seniors’ Society.

Thank you, Mr. Hawkins. The honourable Member for Thebacha, Mr. Miltenberger.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to stand today and recognize Ms. Tina McNeill from the Uncle Gabe’s Friendship Centre in Fort Smith.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. The honourable Member for Frame Lake, Ms. Bisaro.

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to recognize all of the recent inductees into the Education Hall of Fame. In particular, my old friend and teaching colleague, Mr. Ed Jeske. I’d also like to recognize Mr. Garry Hubert, who is the executive director of the SideDoor Ministries.

Thank you, Ms. Bisaro. The honourable Member for Inuvik Twin Lakes, Mr. Robert McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It gives me great pleasure to welcome to the gallery a good constituent of mine, Mr. Amir Suliman. I would also like to welcome all the participants of the youth centre’s conference that’s going on here in Yellowknife. I’m sure their MLAs will stand up and recognize them, but we have I think four or five of them up there that are not from the Northwest Territories and I’ll use this as an opportunity to recognize them: Josy Labbe from Youth Centres Canada, Dale Pearson from Youth Centres Canada, Kevin Morris from Youth Centres Canada, Benjamin Leikin from the City of Ottawa, and Colby Tootoosis from the City of Saskatoon. Welcome to the NWT and welcome to the Assembly.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Member for Nahendeh, Mr. Menicoche.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize constituents of Nahendeh in the gallery here: Mr. Aaron McNabb, executive director of the Deh Cho Friendship Centre in Fort Simpson;

Ms. Breagh Ingarfield from Nahanni Butte; and Ms. Shaylene Moses out of Wrigley. Mahsi cho and welcome.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. The honourable Member for Deh Cho, Mr. Michael McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I want to welcome everybody here today. I want to especially recognize an inductee to the Hall of Fame, a well-known educator from Fort Providence, Ms. Margaret Field. She’s been working for many years at the school and more recently as an adult educator. She was here as a senior parliamentarian and did a very good job. I want to say congratulations to her. I also wanted to congratulate her on her most recent addition to her clan, her recent grandchild that was born about a month ago.

I also wanted to, since I don’t get very many visitors here, recognize a former resident of Fort Providence, Ms. Ethel Blondin-Andrew and her husband. I want to say welcome to them, too.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to recognize the delegation of youth at the Tree of Peace conference: Sheena Kochon from Colville Lake, Gloria Gaudet from the community of Deline, Freda Kelly from Gahcho Kue Dene Fort Good Hope community, and Myles Erb, one of the Canol trekkers from Norman Wells.

I also want to recognize Ms. Ethel Blondin-Andrew and her husband Leon, and to congratulate Ethel on her achievement of being a Hall of Famer in education.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The honourable Member for Weledeh, Mr. Bromley.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to start by recognizing some members of Weledeh in Ms. Marinier’s class. I’d like to start with Miss Sophie Clark and Miss Grace Clark, Miss Niva Stephenson, Master Kienan Ashton, Master Jack Panayi. Welcome to the House.

I’d also like to add my congratulations to all of the recent inductees into the Education Hall of Fame and thank them for their tremendous work.

I see Father Don Flumerfelt who used to be of Yellowknife -- I’m not sure where he is these days -- in the House. I’d like to recognize him.

Perhaps most importantly I’d like to recognize my mother, Barbara Bromley, resident of Yellowknife and Weledeh and with a bevy of old-time Yellowknifers including Jan Stirling, Ed Jeske and Vivian Squires.

Finally, I’d like to recognize some old friends from Rendezvous Lake: Billy and Eileen Jacobson.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Bob McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize all the nominees to the Education Hall of Fame. In particular I want to recognize Ed Jeske. I’ll have to bow to him every time I see him now with all of his nominations.

Also Ethel Blondin-Andrew, a fellow student at Grandin College for many years, and her husband, Leon Andrew.

Margaret Field, another Fort Providencer from way back.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The honourable Member for Great Slave, Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a couple of constituents from the Great Slave riding. First I’d like to recognize Ms. Jan Stirling. I’d also like to recognize Mr. Mark Bogan.

Thank you, Mr. Abernethy. The honourable Member for Nunakput, Mr. Jacobson.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today it is an honour of mine to welcome my uncle, Billy Jacobson and my auntie, Eileen, from Rendezvous Lake in Tuktoyaktuk.

I’d like to welcome Annie Smith, Ethel Blondin-Andrew, and Leon. It’s good to see them.

A constituent from Paulatuk, Lanita Thrasher; and from Sachs Harbour, Jolene Donovan. Welcome to the House.

Thank you, Mr. Jacobson. It gives me great pleasure today to recognize my wife, Davida, in the gallery today. It’s not very often I get to introduce her. Also with her is my executive assistant, Sue Tkachuk.

I would also like to recognize Father Don in the Chamber today. He’s the parish priest from Hay River. Welcome.

If we’ve missed anyone in the gallery today, welcome to the Chamber. I hope you’re enjoying the proceedings. It’s always nice to have an audience in here.

Item 3, Members’ statements. The honourable Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Beaulieu.