Mahsi cho, Mr. Speaker. Today is language day. I will be doing a part of my Member’s statement in Chipewyan.

Mr. Speaker, today I would like to pay tribute to Alphonse King of Fort Resolution. He’s also known as “The Fonze.” Alphonse King was born April 5, 1949, and passed away June 8, 2012. He was only 63 years old. He died of terminal cancer.

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Alphonse King spent the first quarter of his life in Rocher River. Like many people from Rocher River, Alphonse had to move to Fort Resolution when the school in Rocher River burnt down. He was a trapper and he had moved at a young age. He used to live on the Taltson River and trap and hunt up there with his father and his stepmother and many of his brothers and sisters.

Alphonse is survived by his spouse, Georgina Biscaye. His daughter is Priscilla Calumet, his step-daughter, Lacy Biscaye, and some grandchildren also.

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Mr. Speaker, I seek unanimous consent to conclude my Member’s statement.

---Unanimous consent granted