Colleagues, I’d like to draw your attention to the presence in the gallery of Mr. Peter Kujawinski, Consul General of the United States of America for Alberta, Saskatchewan and the Northwest Territories. Peter is a career American diplomat who joined the state department in 1998. His previous assignments include postings to U.S. embassies in France and Israel. He also was posted to the U.S. delegation to the United Nations Security Council in New York. His most recent assignment was to the U.S. Embassy in Haiti. He has worked as a political counsellor and coordinator of U.S. Assistance, promoting governance and rule of law. Peter is doing his first official visit to the Northwest Territories, and we would like to welcome the Consul General of the United States of America, Mr. Peter Kujawinski.

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He is quite the dog musher. We were out dog mushing yesterday. We had a good time last night.

I would also like to welcome Sheila Nasogaluak from Inuvik. Welcome to the House, Sheila.

Mr. Abernethy.