Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I'd like to speak about the budget process. Last year at this time, I was very discouraged about the budget process mainly because it was already set. This year I'm very happy about the process that we've undergone over the last six weeks. A lot of progress has been made in the Northwest Territories. I'd like to thank my colleagues here for their support on the Inuvik to Tuktoyaktuk highway, also the initialing of the Devolution Agreement, Mr. Speaker.

This government is slowly checking off the priorities that we have set as the 17^th Legislative Assembly and I'd like to thank everybody for working together. We do have a long way to go, but if we keep this up, we'll make it through the priorities. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.