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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I won’t recognize people by name, but I want to recognize quite a number of Yellowknife city councillors here today, union leaders, non-government organizations, and I see some First Nations chiefs in the crowd as well. I know there are many members of Weledeh in the crowd. Welcome all.

Thank you, Mr. Bromley. The Member for Tu Nedhe, Mr. Beaulieu.

Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a couple of people. There’s no one in the audience from Res or Lutselk’e, but I’d like to recognize my sweetie, Monique Marinier, and also my cousin Alfonse from Whati.

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

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize my wife, Jeri Miltenberger; one of the best deputies I’ve worked with in ENR, Gary Bohnet. I’m assuming back here there might be other deputies, Sandy Kalgutkar, and possibly Deputy Minister Debbie DeLancey.

Thank you, Mr. Miltenberger. Member for Sahtu, Mr. Yakeleya.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize all the dignitaries in the House today and I’d also like to recognize my constituents from the Norman Wells Land Corp, President Cece McCauley-Hudson. I also want to recognize His Worship Mayor Dudley Johnson from the Town of Norman Wells. I recognize my cousin Ilene Roth.

Thank you, Mr. Yakeleya. The Member for Range Lake, Mr. Dolynny.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to say welcome to recently re-elected Mr. Todd Parsons, Mary Lou Cherwaty, Amanda Mallon, Ann

Costache, Yvonne Quick. I’m sorry if I’ve missed people from behind I can’t see.

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

Thank you very much, Mr. Speaker. …(inaudible)…constituent in the gallery. I apologize if I missed anybody else. Ms. Veronica Grossetete from Fort Simpson.

Thank you, Mr. Menicoche. The Member for Monfwi, Mr. Lafferty.

Mahsi, Mr. Speaker. [Translation] I would also like to recognize some visitors in the gallery. My mother and father, who are Dora Marie and Maurice Lafferty, and my brother, and all the people who have supported me from Monfwi region. Also, there are a lot of Tlicho citizens from the Monfwi region. I would like to have them recognized in the gallery.

Thank you, Mr. Lafferty. Mr. Robert McLeod.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to welcome my wife, Judy, to the gallery. It’s a very special day for me today. I’m 51 years old. I’m still a grandson. I have my grandmother in the gallery.

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I’d also like to recognize Margaret Gordon and Cheryl Wright, constituents of Inuvik Twin Lakes. Sarah Jerome is a constituent of Inuvik Twin Lakes.

Behind me I think are the Inuvik Drummers and Dancers. I’d like to recognize them, especially the ones from Inuvik Twin Lakes.

Thank you, Mr. McLeod. The Member for Inuvik Boot Lake, Mr. Moses.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I would like to welcome all Inuvik members here to the gallery here today. The Inuvik Drummers and Dancers, of course, who are going to put on a great performance later on for us.

I’d also like to recognize William Greenland, a relative, and also I’d like to recognize Dave Reid, president of the NWT Teachers’ Association, and elder Sarah Tingmiak, who has done a lot for our community.

Thank you, Mr. Moses. Member for Hay River South, Mrs. Groenewegen.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It’s my pleasure today to welcome two community leaders from Hay River: local businessman and Hay River mayor, Kelly Schofield.

Also from Hay River today, Mike Maher, who is a business development officer for ITI, the public administrator for the Hay River Health Authority, and the deputy mayor of Hay River.

I’d also like to recognize my very long-serving constituency assistant, Wendy Morgan.

Could I also please recognize, although she’s not my constituent she is my hero, Cece McCauley, the head of the Northwest Territories chapter of the Women Warriors.

Thank you, Mrs. Groenewegen. Member for Hay River North, Mr. Bouchard.

Thank you, Mr. Bouchard. Member for Great Slave, Mr. Abernethy.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a few constituents of the Great Slave riding: Bill Aho; Todd Parsons, who is the president of the UNW; Bren Kolson; Ilene Roth; David Brock; Kathy Paul-Drover; Bronwyn Watters; Penny Ballantyne; Paul Guy; Gary Bohnet; Mike Aumond; and my beautiful wife, Carolyn Smith; and, of course, my mom and dad, although they’re not from the Great Slave riding they’re up there too, Dick and Loretta Abernethy.