Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I’d like to welcome everybody in the gallery and the people who are listening, and thank the rest of my colleagues here for the last couple weeks and all the efforts that we have done, the transition document, reviews and so on. In particular, I thank the people of the Sahtu region who have placed their faith in me to represent them in this House. To the campaign team that helped me visit the communities and did all the legwork, as well, a big thank you to those people. Also, what happened over the last few days in electing our House leader, the Executive Council. I look forward to working with the Members, the Premier-elect and yourself, as the Speaker.

I wish everybody a safe and happy holiday and time with their families. I’m looking forward to representing and bringing the issues forward from the Sahtu region in the New Year.