Please be seated.
Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, Premier Simpson, Ministers, Members of the Legislative Assembly and staff, and visitors in the public gallery. Aqana Inuit, Drin Gwiinzii sha Gwich'in kat.
I wish to acknowledge we are gathered today on Chief Drygeese territory. We are grateful to be on this land and all the lands home to many Indigenous people, including the Inuvialuit, Gwich'in, Dene, Metis, and Inuit. I am honoured to be here for the first time in this chamber as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories.
I am looking forward to working with and getting to know the people of the Northwest Territories. I want to thank my family and my friends and the community for their support, and I hope I will make you proud. It is important that we all work together and support our communities and particularly the youth. Listening to the voices of the youth will make our future brighter for the Northwest Territories, and I always believe in acknowledging our future leadership, which is the youth, and I continue to support their endeavours in any way I can.
Now as Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, I am pleased to assent to the following bills:
- Bill 7: Miscellaneous Statute Law Amendment Act, 2024
- Bill 8: An Act to Amend the Student Financial Assistance Act
- Bill 13: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 2, 2024-2025
- Bill 14: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), No. 1, 2024-2025
- Bill 15: Northwest Territories Indigenous-Led Conservation Fund Establishment Act
- Bill 16: Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), 2025-2026.
Ha'aii Cho, Quyanaqpak, Merci Beaucoup, Thank you.