Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I did my "thank-yous" to my frontline staff and all the people that have been helping us, I guess, across this last probably three months that's been so -- we are in a suicide crisis in the Beaufort Delta, Mr. Speaker. You've been affected. Everybody in the Beaufort Delta's been affected one way or another with this -- what's been happening.

I brought this up 18 months ago in the House, Mr. Speaker, on the post-COVID -- post-COVID, what are we doing to help the people in regards to when we come out of COVID post-pandemic? Mr. Speaker, I challenge all of us 19 Members in this House to work together for our constituents and our youth and our young men and our young women and our families that are so affected across the territory.

But, Mr. Speaker, today I'm asking if Minister Thompson, under sport and recreation, is the Minister willing to work together with myself and the Members on this side of the House, and the whole House, to do a suicide prevention task force in regards to -- not so much to work together, to make sure there's sporting events going on in the communities. Like, long ago when we were kids, you'd have soccer in Aklavik, basketball in Fort McPherson, hockey in Tuk, and different events that were -- and the education Minister to step in too, and our health Minister and -- to make sure that we're able to do something like this but take it more seriously. It's so easy to hear it on the radio. Like, I heard on the radio station, oh we're in a crisis. We live it, Mr. Speaker. We live it. We need to help. We're in a position to help to make our people -- help our people in this way. But I ask Minister Thompson if he's willing to take the lead, with myself working with him, to the betterment to our youth and our school system and our mental health as a whole post-COVID. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.