Mr. Speaker, as this long legislative session comes to close, I want to thank everyone who supports us in this chamber: my colleagues, our dedicated staff, my constituents, and especially my family who supports me, makes everything I do possible.

I want to start by thanking my wife, my family, our puppies Leo, Rocky, and Sophie, as well as my extended family and relatives.

I want to thank all my colleagues, our Speaker, and the clerk's office. I want to thank all my constituents, local leaders, for bringing forward their issues and concerns from Dettah, N'dilo, Lutselk'e, and Fort Resolution.

I want to thank my constituent assistant Taylor Pagotto and Warren Delorme. I want to thank all those Legislative Assembly staffs from the library research team to Members services and public affairs for making work run smoothly.

Mr. Speaker, I want to say a big mahsi cho to all the translators here today. I want to say mahsi cho for being here for us and supporting us, especially Jonas Lafferty and Mary Rose Sundberg.

Also, the Legislative Assembly technician for their hard work bridging our proceedings to the people in our Indigenous languages.

I want to wish all the NWT Arctic Winter Games athletes good luck as they head to Whitehorse, Yukon, and especially those from Dettah, N'dilo, Lutselk'e, and Fort Resolution. Safe travels, have fun, and stay safe.

It's getting close to the springtime so enjoy the spring weather and all the spring carnivals and festivals happening throughout the NWT. The Yellowknives Dene First Nation Spring Carnival is from March 20th to 22nd, 2026, and the Fort Resolution Spring Carnival is from March 16th to March 22nd, 2026. Come out and enjoy yourself, bring the family and kids.

Mr. Speaker, in closing I would like to say keep safe, watch out for one another, offer support to each another and have a safe trip home. And I want to God bless all my colleagues. Mahsi.