Please be seated. Good afternoon, Mr. Speaker, Premier Simpson, Ministers, Members of the Legislative Assembly, and staff, and visitors in the public gallery. [Translation] INSERT* [Translation Ends] welcome. I wish to acknowledge that the land on which we gather are treaty lands and the home to many Indigenous people, including the Akaitcho Dene, the Tlicho, the Metis. We are grateful to be on this land. I want to thank my family and my friends and community for their support. I hope that I make you proud.

Now as the Commissioner of the Northwest Territories, I am pleased to assent to the following bills:

• Bill 11: An Act to Amend the Motor Vehicles Act;
• Bill 12: Business Day Statute Law Amendment Act;
  Bill 19: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Infrastructure Expenditures), No. 3, 2024-2025;
• Bill 20: Supplementary Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures and Borrowing Authorization), No. 2, 2024-2025;
• Bill 25: Appropriation Act (Operations Expenditures), 2025-2026.

[Translation] INSERT* [Translation Ends] Merci beaucoup. Thank you.

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