(audio) this has been my first year working in -- doing the job that I'm doing. And going through a lot of -- seeing a lot of things change, seeing a lot of things happen and not happen, the drugs are in our communities, they're devastating lives of our people, health care. I'm happy that we have the -- we passed a motion to allow medical escorts. Now I don't know how that's going to work out, but when it does work out people will be happy about that. We had some little wins. And I reiterate what a lot of my colleagues said, there were things that happened, we got some things, some things we didn't get. But the way I look at it, we got some little wins and things happen slowly. We can't get things, everything we want right now. But all in all, I was sent here to work for the people in my riding. It's been a tough -- it's been a tough time for us. But we're working -- we're working together to make sure that our people get what they -- what they need. It's not easy. We've had a lot of -- a lot of death in our community -- our communities in the last while. So people are hurting. And here we're dealing with -- we're dealing with budgets and having to deal with even our own personal stuff, our own personal issues around our families and stuff and yet we're working to help our people.

In regards to housing, I'm happy what we got, the $30 million for the next three years. Health care, like I mentioned, a motion to get medical escorts. However, we have the issues of drug and alcohol issues in our communities. But all in all, Mr. Speaker, we have to work together to find solutions for the things that we're dealing with. Even though things may look bleak to some, I say, Mr. Speaker, while my colleague sees a glimpse -- I see a glimpse of hope for our people working with this government, and my colleagues on the other side, the Cabinet, if you work with them, they will work with you. So with that, Mr. Speaker, I'm standing here to say I'm going to be supporting this budget. Thank you.