Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d also like to take this opportunity to thank all our hardworking staff in the GNWT. The event that we had today goes to show that we have some really good staff and people working for the people of the Northwest Territories through the Premier’s Awards; some hardworking, dedicated staff.
With that said, we’re coming to the end of our four-week budget session. We’ve had some very long days, early mornings, late nights and we had some really strong debates, some really good meetings. Just the whole process of how everything went down was very educating. It’s a lot of hard work, and in between our meetings we try to deal with constituency concerns every chance we get, as well as dealing with territorial concerns.
I’d like to recognize all of the hard work and dedication of all the Members on this side of the House, as well as Cabinet and their staff for all of the hard work that they put in over the last three and a half weeks.
Just as important, I’d like to recognize the Legislative Assembly and their staff for all of the hard work that they’ve been doing drafting motions, getting all of our work together, organizing the meetings, trying to fit in the meetings when we can. It is a lot of work. We put in a lot of time, a lot of energy.
I’d also like to recognize the family and friends who support us and who sacrifice so that we can come here, have these strong debates, have good questions and try to work out what’s best for the people of the Northwest Territories.
I have to say that I have respect for anybody that can do this job, or anybody that works for the Legislative Assembly and puts in the hours that we’ve been putting in for the last three and a half weeks. It’s pretty amazing and it’s something that I didn’t see as a resident of Inuvik, or just as an NWT resident when we saw how things were deliberated here. It’s a lot of hard work and I respect anybody that can do it, and I also respect any of our NWT leaders across the Northwest Territories and the hard work that they do for their people as well.