Good afternoon, colleagues. I would like to wish everyone a happy Inuvialuit Day today.
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I’m supposed to have a day off, though.
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First, I would like to say Happy 30th Anniversary to
the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation. Thirty years ago I was a little kid in Tuk watching our land claim being signed. To see where it has come from to now, it’s awesome. I’m a proud Inuvialuit. I would like to thank everybody up in IRC for doing all the good work they are doing for us in our local communities as well as our community corporations. Thank you for all the work you’re doing for the beneficiaries.
Today I would also like to take the opportunity to congratulate all the students in Nunakput for graduating from Arctic College, to our graduates in the communities and all the determination and hard work they’ve done to get to where they are at in their life. One thing today, I’m a really proud dad because my son is graduating today in Whitehorse, Yukon.
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I would like to congratulate my son Matthew, and my daughter Kirstin, who will be graduating in Tuk. To all the graduates in Tuk, I’m proud of you all and the accomplishments you’ve made. I hope they take the opportunities for post-secondary education, do a little bit of travelling and I wish you all the best for the exciting time life has to offer you. To all the hunters on the coastline who are hunting geese, please be safe in traveling and happy hunting to you all. To all the people who are hunting all over in Nunavut who are still on the coast hunting on the Yukon side, happy hunting. It’s a good day today; it’s our last day here.
Item 2, Ministers’ statements. The honourable Minister of Justice, Mr. Ramsay.