Marsi cho, Mr. Speaker. To start off, I'd like to begin by welcoming all my colleagues back and getting back to the grind. This first year in office has been tumultuous to say the least, given the ongoing global pandemic that we are dealing with so far.
Mr. Speaker, going forward, I'm hoping to continue building on the work we've done so far since last year's territorial election. I know we dealt with a lot of deaths in our communities, a lot of elders, and it's very sad to deal with all our restrictions. I'm hoping, when all this is done, I really want to make sure that we have a proper chance to commemorate our elders, one's lost during this pandemic, and I really hope we do something in the House, too.
Moreover, Mr. Speaker, given through all the pandemic restrictions, we need to still continue living our lives and do things and keep moving forward. I want to recognize a few of my constituents. The first one I want to mention is Chaslyn McKay of Deninu K'ue. She's an 18-year old Dene and Cree who flew to Toronto last month to go in the Miss Canada Globe competition. She placed fourth. Her parents and the whole community could not be more proud of her involvement in this event and putting herself out there and pursuing her dreams. I wish her the best luck in future competitions.
Going just a little further north to Lutselk'e, Mr. Speaker, I'd like to acknowledge the recent re-election of Chief Darryl Marlowe of the AKDFN to his second term in office. I wish him all the best and I look forward to working closely with him and building upon positive working relationship since we built in the last year's election.
I also wanted to mention quickly: around the lake, right now, the wind is blowing really hard. It's treacherous out there, and encourage all of our constituents who are out in the water to be safe. I want to mention YKDFN, some of the members, rescuing some of their members out on the lake. Ni Hatni and LKDFN had a few rescues. In particular yesterday, in my home community of Deninu K'ue, I'd like to recognize a few gentlemen: Greg Lafferty, Scott King, and Brad King. They put themselves in harm's way.
Mr. Speaker, I'd like to seek unanimous consent to finish my statement.
---Unanimous consent granted