Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, today we conclude our winter session. With it we conclude our 2017-18 budget.
I know that some of my colleagues here and some residents we serve may view our work as incomplete.
Not all needs were met.
Not all needs can be met.
Together we achieved the budget that will bring services to Northerners, especially Northerners in critical need, like our elders, our youth, our people with housing needs, and our people living below the poverty line.
We are also seeing some important investment in major highway infrastructure projects.
Although I would like to see this kind of spending brought to the Sahtu region, I am still glad to see the new projects that have come forward.
That is because, as MLAs, we work hard to move the NWT forward together, to serve the best interests of our people.
Remember, each day in the House, we are all reminded that we are here to work for the benefit of all our people. Those aren't just words.
So, Mr. Speaker, although session may be coming to a close, our work will not stop. Members will go back to their respective ridings and connect with their people and hear their questions and concerns. Committees will keep working on the legislation and progress before them. That includes review of the government's public account in April, so stay tuned. I know that the departments will keep on working, too. After all, the government is still facing a big backlog of work on federal acts and regulations that were mirrored in devolution.
Our growth as a territory depends on the work, Mr. Speaker, and successful economic development depends on what that work can do, such as -- Mr. Speaker I seek unanimous consent to conclude my statement.
---Unanimous consent granted