Thank you, Mr. McLeod. Item 5, recognition of visitors in the gallery. Colleagues, I’d like to draw your attention to the gallery today to the presence of Mr. Johannes Vervloed, the Consul General for the Netherlands, who is based in Vancouver. Please join me in welcoming Mr. Vervloed to the Northwest Territories on his first official visit to the Northwest Territories. Welcome to the Chamber.
Accompanying him is our protocol officer, Leslie Straker. Welcome.
My executive assistant Sue Tkachuk is up there in the gallery.
Also, it gives me great pleasure, the Speaker from the Ontario Legislature, Mr. Steve Peters, is with us today.
And his executive assistant, Maggie Head. Welcome to the Northwest Territories and welcome to the Chamber.
I’d also like to welcome a constituent of mine in the gallery today, Mr. Robert Bouchard is here with us today.
The honourable Member for Yellowknife South, Mr. Bob McLeod.