Thank you, Mr. Speaker. It was certainly an honour and a pleasure to be in Whitehorse recently to sign the Growing Forward II agreement with the federal government and Minister Gerry Ritz. It is going to bring $6 million more to the Northwest Territories so that we can develop our agricultural sector here in our territory.
I thank the Member for his statement earlier today. Certainly dealing with the Territorial Farmers Association and other stakeholders around the Northwest Territories is going to be fundamental for this as we move it forward. Our aim is to develop those programs, take them out to stakeholders for consultation sometime in November, and on Friday I am going to be in Hay River and I will be meeting with the Territorial Farmers Association again. I’ve met with them in the past and I certainly look forward to all of their critical input to this as it all moves forward, and I think it’s great news for the agricultural sector and great news for our territory. Thank you.