Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to recognize a couple of different individuals. First I’d like to recognize Dr. Ewan Affleck who I mentioned earlier as the champion of electronic medical records, and he was recently awarded the Order of Canada. I’d like to thank him for his commitment to improving health care services for the Northwest Territories.
I’d also like to recognize another important group of individuals, our Anti-Poverty Advisory Committee, who is helping us with the development of the territorial response to the Anti-Poverty Framework.
They are Chief Minnie Letcher of the Liidlii K’ue First Nation, who is one of our co-chairs; Bronwyn Watters, who is the GNWT representative and one of our co-chairs; Julie Green from the No Place for Poverty Coalition; His Worship Mark Heyck, the mayor of Yellowknife; Chief Herbert Blake of the Inuvik Native Band. Bob Simpson is also one of our advisory committee members; unfortunately, he’s unable to be here today and he’s with the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. I’d also like to recognize Grant Gowans, who is our senior advisor on the anti-poverty file. Thank you all for being here today.
